Hunting.- La Chasse du Lievre aveques les Levriers, au Roy de France et de Navarre, one of 62 copies, woodcut device to title, engraved bookplate, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, by Crapelet, 1599 [but 1849]; Maricourt (René de) Traicté et Abregé de la Chasse du Lievre et du Chevreuil, title in red and black, bookplate, spine lightly sunned, Paris, the widow of Bouchard-Huzard, 1858 § Monthois (Robert) La Noble et Furieuse Chasse du Loup, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut ornamentation, small stain upper cover, lightly rubbing to extremities, Paris, the widow of Bouchard-Huzard, 1863, all three bound in red or aubergine early 20th century half morocco, spines gilt; and 4 others similar, small 4to & 8vo (7)
⁂ A group of 19th century French works on hunting hares, roe-deer, wolves, birds and the training of dogs. First mentioned: the scarce reprint of the 1599 poem, of which only one copy was known at the time.
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