Précis de Fauconnerie. Contenant les indications nécessaires pour affaiter et gouverner les principaux oiseaux de vol. Suivi de l'Éducation du Cormoran

by G. Sourbets, Camille de Saint-Marc

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, one of 150 copies printed. With 4 plates. 123, 1, table pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy, with a falconry lithograph from the Journal des Chasseurs loosely inserted. Thiebaud 853. Item #353861 Outstanding copy of this uncommon treatise on falconry, with a chapter on fishing with trained cormorants at the end.

• Binding: Wrappers

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