Robert de SALNOVE
La venerie royalle, Divisée En IV Parties, Qui Contiennent Les Chasses Du Cerf, Du Lièvre, Du Chevreüil, Du Sanglier, et Du Renard
Chez Antoine de Sommaville|à Paris 1665|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
Second edition reprinted from the 1655 original, expanded with the Dictionary of Hunters; and illustrated with a frontispiece. This edition is better printed than the first and in a slightly larger format.
Contemporary flexible full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title and date at tail in black ink executed in the 19th century. Two small lacks at head of title-leaf and frontispiece not touching the engraving. Fine copy.
Famous treatise on hunting, the most important of the 17th century, intended according to the author himself to replace the older one by du Fouilloux whose last edition dated back to 1650. The work is much more complete from all points of view and written in a less relaxed style, which aims to be more scientific and precise; it is moreover expanded in this edition with the dictionary of hunters, a most interesting lexicon which allows one to find the expressions and terms used among hunters.
Contemporary flexible full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title and date at tail in black ink executed in the 19th century. Two small lacks at head of title-leaf and frontispiece not touching the engraving. Fine copy.
Famous treatise on hunting, the most important of the 17th century, intended according to the author himself to replace the older one by du Fouilloux whose last edition dated back to 1650. The work is much more complete from all points of view and written in a less relaxed style, which aims to be more scientific and precise; it is moreover expanded in this edition with the dictionary of hunters, a most interesting lexicon which allows one to find the expressions and terms used among hunters.
€3,000