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New edition, after the first published in 1805, and illustrated with 49 beautiful figures by Gravelot, Piauget, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Eisen, and engraved by Tardieu, Chenu, Saint-Aubin... including 3 folding plates: a large view of Nero's golden palace, a superb one of the naval battle of Ecnomus, and one of Pompey's triumph in Rome. All plates have tissue guards.
Bound in contemporary half brown calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 blind tools and gilt and blind fillets. Brown shagreen title-label. Boards of beautiful marbled paper in yellow, red and brown. Traces of rubbing to headcaps and joints. Fine copy, very fresh.
This Roman history manual was printed and...

First edition, rare, illustrated with a frontispiece folding plate featuring multiple figures of the new hunting rifle, and 9 plates with various figures on traps, weapons, different types of hunting...
Contemporary half tawny sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 types of tools, including one with palm motif, gilt roulettes. Signs of rubbing, particularly on boards. Corners turned in. P. 381, marginal tear without loss. Lower joint split at foot. Good copy.
Subtitle: Manual as instructive as it is amusing, very necessary first to gentlemen employees of the forestry administration, to gamekeepers, to hunters, to fishermen, to professional bird-catchers, to gunsmiths [•••]...

Second edition.
Bradel binding in half bronze cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, small marginal stains on boards, top edge gilt.
Some light foxing.
Rare.