Du Fouilloux, Jacques

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Du Fouilloux, Jacques
La Vénerie. A new revision, & augmented, in addition to the previous printings. [Followed by]: FRANCHIERES, Jean de. The falconry, with all the other authors who have been found, dealing with this subject. Again revised, corrected & increased. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1606-1607. 2 parts in 1 volume in-4 of 4 ff.n.ch., 124 ff.ch., 10 ff.n.ch. (of which the last one is blank) ; 4 ff.b.c., 127 ff.c., 5 ff.b.c. Porphyry calf, spine with ornamented nerves, spotted edges (period binding). Thiébaud, 340; Souhart, 154; Schwerdt, I, 13; Frank, I, 206. New edition, well printed, enlarged with the chapter of the Wolf Hunt by John of Clamorgan (1480-1566). Richly illustrated edition, it contains a repeated vignette on each title (veneur and falconer), 57 woodcuts for the Venery, 14 for The Hunting of the Wolf, and 30 for Falconry. "This edition is very well executed; it is the prettiest of those published in the 17th century; it has the particularity, as the first one pointed out, of containing Clamorgan's La Chasse du loup with the figures that can be seen in the separate editions of this work, with some slight variations however" (Thiébaud). Corners slightly dulled, top cover missing; first quire cleaned with one white corner rebacked. Provenance: Marc and Paul Lebaudy (2 bookplates).
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