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78 2221 Horses and horsemanship Delcampe 78 2221 Horses and horsemanship Delcampe
78 2221 Horses and horsemanship Delcampe 78 2221 Horses and horsemanship Delcampe
78/2221 [Horses and horsemanship]. Delcampe. L'Art de Monter a Cheval. Qui monstre la belle & facile methode de se rendre bon homme de Cheval. (...) Augmenté d'une Seconde Partie, des Remedes les plus efficaces pour les Maladies des Chevaux. Par Messire Samuel Fouquet (...). Paris, J. le Gras, 1664/ 1663, 2nd [= 3rd] ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (12),24,320; 152,(4)p, 5 fold. engr. plates, contemp. gilt calf.

- Three plates dam. (1x lacking approx. half the plate); several lvs. (incl. title-p.) margins restored; fingersoiled/ (water)stained and sl. yellowed. Rebound w. use of contemp. binding.

= Mennessier de la Lance I, p.375 ("C'est la meilleure édition"). The first edition was published in 1658, without plates. A second, unchanged edition with the plates appeared in the same year. Very rare.

€ (200-300) 210
78 2222 Horses and horsemanship Egan E von 78 2222 Horses and horsemanship Egan E von
78/2222 [Horses and horsemanship]. Egan, E. von. Das Ungarische Pferd, seine Zucht und Leistung. Eine Distanzritt-Reminicenz. Berlin, P. Parey, 1893, VI,(2),74,(2)p., 12 woodengr. plates, modern cl. w. mor. letterpiece, orig. printed wr. pres., 4to.

- Library stamps and tickets on orig. frontwr. and title.

= Not in Mennessier de la Lance. Very rare.

€ (80-100) 80
78 2223 Horses and horsemanship Freeman S 78 2223 Horses and horsemanship Freeman S
78/2223 [Horses and horsemanship]. Freeman, S. Observations on the Mechanism of the Horse's Foot; its Natural Spring explained, and a Mode of Shoeing recommended, by which the Foot is defended from External Injury, with the least Impendiment to its Spring. London, W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, 1796, (4),VIII,107p., 16 engr. plates, each w. engr. outline plate and accomp. text leaf, contemp. calf, 4to.

- Trifle yellowed/ foxed; modern blanks before title-p. Rebacked w. use of contemp. mor. letterpiece.

= Podeschi/ Mellon 72.

€ (150-250) 150
78 2224 Horses and horsemanship La Gueriniere F R de 78 2224 Horses and horsemanship La Gueriniere F R de
78 2224 Horses and horsemanship La Gueriniere F R de 78 2224 Horses and horsemanship La Gueriniere F R de
78/2224 [Horses and horsemanship]. La Gueriniere, F.R. de. Ecole de cavalerie, contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval. Paris, J. Guerin, 1756, 2 vols., (16),320; (4),300p., engr. frontisp. by B. AUDRAN after C. PARROCEL, portrait of the author by S.H. THOMASSIN after TOQUET, 31 (fold.) plates by C. PARROCEL (incl. 3 (of 4) fold.), contemp. unif. gilt hcalf.

- Lacks 1 fold. plate and 1 fold. plate dam. (lacks right half); occas. (sl.) foxed. Backstrips and corners rubbed/ worn.

= Mennessier de la Lance II, p.27f; Podeschi 46; cf. Nissen, ZBI 2361; Hiler 521 and Cohen/ De Ricci 588. Influential work on horses and horsemanship. F.R. de la Gueriniere was a Royal stable master and a pupil of Vendeuil. He achieved a great reputation not only as a riding master, but also as a specialist in the caring and curing of horses. In 1730 Charles de Lorraine (to whom this work is dedicated), entrusted La Guerinière with the riding Academy of the Tuilleries which he directed until his death in 1751.

€ (80-100) 110
78 2225 Horses and horsemanship Sontzov D D 78 2225 Horses and horsemanship Sontzov D D
78/2225 [Horses and horsemanship]. Sontzov, D.D. Al'bom piatidesiatiletnago jubilea Moskovskago Imperatorskago Obschestva liubitelei konskago bega (Fifty-year jubilee album of the Moscow Imperial Society of horse-racing enthousiasts). Moscow, M.I. Neubürger, 1884, 215,(4)p., col. lithogr. frontisp. portrait, 1 col. lithogr. plate, 5 tinted lithogr. plates each w. 1-5 portraits, orig. gilt dec. mor., large 4to.

- Without the plates showing horses; one quire loose; a few plates w. closed tears; (later) dedication in pen and ink on title-p. Covers sl. stained; joints and spine-ends rubbed; corners bumped.

€ (200-300) 250
78/2226 Hunting and falconry Bildersaal für Jaeger und Jagdliebhaber No 7 78/2226 Hunting and falconry Bildersaal für Jaeger und Jagdliebhaber No 7
78/2226 Hunting and falconry Bildersaal für Jaeger und Jagdliebhaber No 7 78/2226 Hunting and falconry Bildersaal für Jaeger und Jagdliebhaber No 7
78/2226 [Hunting and falconry]. Bildersaal für Jaeger und Jagdliebhaber. No.7. Hildburghausen/ New York, Kunstanstalt des Bibliographischen Institut, n.d. (±1850), title-p., 31 (of 36) steelengr. plates, later hcl., obl. 4to.

- Lacks 5 plates (but 2 plates present in duplicate making a total of 33 plates); occas. foxed/ soiled in blank margins.

€ (200-300)
78 2227 Hunting and falconry Buch'oz P J 78 2227 Hunting and falconry Buch'oz P J
78/2227 [Hunting and falconry]. (Buch'oz, P.J.). Les amusemens innocens, contenant le traité des oiseaux de volière, ou le parfait oiseleur. Ouvrage dans lequel on trouve la description de quarante Oiseaux de chant, la construction de leurs nids, la couleur de leur oeufs (...) Traduit en partie de l'Ouvrage Italien d'Olina. Paris, P.F. Didot le Jeune, 1774, VIII,432,(2)p., contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Endpapers and first/ final 2 lvs. sl. dam.; occas. trifle stained. Binding sl. worn along edges; spine rubbed; joints splitting at top of spine.

= Thiébaud p.134 (note); Souhart p.78; Schwerdt I, p.86.

€ (80-100)
78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du 78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du
78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du 78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du
78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du 78 2228 Hunting and falconry Fouilloux J du
78/2228 [Hunting and falconry]. Fouilloux, J. du. La vénerie, précédée de quelques notes biographiques et d'une notice bibliographique. Angers, C. Lebossé, 1844, 15,(1)p., (7),125,(5)lvs., woodcut title-vignette depicting a hawking scene, full-p. woodcut frontisp., 56 large woodcuts, musical scores and num. woodcut initials, contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown; some offsetting from woodcuts.

= Reprinted from the 1585 ed. Thiébaud p.308; Souhart p.156; Schwerdt I, p.154.

€ (100-150) 100
78 2229 Hunting and falconry Frederick II of Hohenstaufen 78 2229 Hunting and falconry Frederick II of Hohenstaufen
78/2229 [Hunting and falconry]. Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. The Art of Falconry being the De Arte Venandi cum Avibus. Engl. transl. C.A. Wood and F.M. Fyfe. Stanford, Stanford Univ. Press, 1943, 1st ed., CX,637p., 186 plates/ ills. (incl. col. frontisp.), orig. cl., large 4to.

= Contains an Annotated Bibliography of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Falconry (p.559-609). Cf. Harting, Bibl. Accipitraria p.167-172: "The excellent treatise which he composed in Latin (...) was the first which appeared in the West, and is still one of the best which exist."

€ (70-90) 70
78 2230 Hunting and falconry Grandjean J J 78 2230 Hunting and falconry Grandjean J J
78/2230 [Hunting and falconry]. Grandjean, (J.J.). Secrets de la chasse aux oiseau, contenant la manière de fabriquer les filets, les divers pièges, appeaux, etc.; l'Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux qui se trouvent en France, l'art de les élever; de les soigner, de les guérir et la meilleure méthode de les empailler. Paris, Raynal, 1826, 1st ed., VIII,328p., engr. frontisp., 7 plates, later hcl. w. mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres.

- Foxed throughout. Covers waterst. in lower corner (also affecting final lvs.); lower corner backcover bent.

= Thiébaud p.472; Ronsil 1261; Schwerdt I, p.217.

€ (80-100)
78 2231 Hunting and falconry Harmont P 78 2231 Hunting and falconry Harmont P
78/2231 [Hunting and falconry]. Harmont, P. Le miroir de fauconnerie, ou se verra l'instruction pour choisir, nourrir, & traicter, dresser & faire voler toute sorte d'Oyseaux, les muer & essimer, cognoistre les maladies & accidents qui leur arrivent, & les remedes pour les guerir. Paris, P. Billaine, 1634, 2nd ed., 38p., woodcut title-vignette, 7 large woodcuts of different types of falcons, contemp. limp vellum, 4to.

- Frontcover and first 5 leaves w. large waterstain (affecting the first 6 ills.).

= The first 4to edition, publ. together with Du Fouilloux, La Vénerie and preceded by two 8vo editions. This 4to edition contains more illustrations than the preceding editions. Cf. Harting, Bibl. accipitraria 156 note; Souhart, p.237; Thiébaud, p.493; cf. Schwerdt, p.230f (1620 ed.).

€ (500-700) 500
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L 78 2232 Hunting and falconry Liger L
78/2232 [Hunting and falconry]. Liger, L. Amusemens de la campagne, ou nouvelles ruses innocentes, Qui enseignent la maniere de prendre aux Piéges toutes sortes d'Oiseaux & de Bêtes à quatre pieds; Avec les plus beaux secrets de la Pêche dans les Rivieres & Etangs: & un Traité general de toutes les Chasses. Paris, Saugrain/ C. Prudhomme, 1753/ 1734, 4th/ 2nd ed., 2 vols., (18),562,(2); (6),511,(1)p., num. woodcut ills., later unif. hvellum, 12mo.

- Occas. sl./ trifle stained (only affecting 1 ill.). Bindings sl. worn along edges; vol. 1 sl. warped. Otherwise a fine and complete set, containing the 4th ed. of vol. 1 and the 2nd ed. of vol. 2.

= Rare work on hunting with num. nice woodcuts depicting birds and how to catch hem. Souhart p.302; Thiébaud p.594; Mouchon p.1180; Schwerdt I, p.315.

€ (200-300)
78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P 78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P
78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P 78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P
78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P 78 2233 Hunting and falconry Merula P
78/2233 [Hunting and falconry]. Merula, P. Placaten ende ordonnancien op 'tstuck vande Wildernissen. The Hague, B.C. Nieulant, 1605, 3 parts in 1 vol., (24),264; 124; 59p., engr. title-p., 2 woodcut printer's marks, contemp. vellum, large 4to.

- Lacks the 2 woodcut plates ("Huys te Teylingen" and "'t Huys te Warmond"). New endpapers; partly sl. waterstained/ trifle wormholed in margin; some lvs. w. underlining in pen and ink. Vellum sl. wrinkled/ stained; spine-ends sl. dam. (w. old glue stains).

= Title part II: Tweede Boeck inhoudende [Greek:] Kunçgetika of Iacht-bedryf, Dat is, meest alle 'tghene de Iaght aengaende, ghevonden werdt by verscheyden aucteurs, Griecksche, Latynsche, Francoische, ende Andere. Title part III: Derde Boeck vervatende [Greek:] Ixeutika of Vlught-bedryf, dat is, De voornaemste Aenmerckinghen, die op de vlught by verscheyden Aucteurs ghevonden werden: Mit een ghetrouwe Inmenginghe van de placaten ende ordonnantien. Schwerdt II, p.24: "The first edition of a book containing over a hundred proclamations. Book 2 contains much general information on sport and game. Book 3 deals with birds and fishes" (i.a. a brief account of falconry in Holland). Lindner 11.2447.01: "Das wichtigste Buch der frühen niederländischen Jagdliteratur. Jachtgeschichtlich bedeutsam sind der zweite, Der Jagd, und der dritte, der Falknerei und dem Vogelfang gewidmete Teil. (...)." Bibliotheca Accipitraria 84; Souhart 329.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1000
78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de 78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de
78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de 78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de
78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de 78 2234 Hunting and falconry Mun A de
78/2234 [Hunting and falconry]. Mun, A. de. Livre de Chasse pour l'année. Paris, Susse Frères, n.d. (±1890), 2 parts in 1 vol., (25); (22) lithogr. lvs. (incl. titles) by A. COLLETTE after A. DE MUN, contemp. gilt panelled mor., a.e.g., obl. folio.

- Binding sl. chafed.

= Nicely illustrated work with plates to the months for entering hunting scores (one plate partly filled in). Thiébaud p.672.

€ (70-90)
78/2235 Hunting and falconry Ordonnantie op de Jacht van het Wilt ende het Visschen In beyde Oldambten de Heerlijckheden Wedde Westerwoldinge landt Bellingwolde ende Blyham mitsgaders de Stad78/2235 Hunting and falconry Ordonnantie op de Jacht van het Wilt ende het Visschen In beyde Oldambten de Heerlijckheden Wedde Westerwoldinge landt Bellingwolde ende Blyham mitsgaders de Stad
78/2235 [Hunting and falconry]. Ordonnantie op de Jacht, van het Wilt, ende het Visschen. In beyde Oldambten, de Heerlijckheden Wedde, Westerwoldinge-landt, Bellingwolde ende Blyham mitsgaders de Stadt ende Stadts Tafel, 't Gerichte van Selwert ende Sappemeer cum annexis. Gron., C. Barlinck-Hof, 1688, 22p., without binding.

- Lvs. loose(ning); traces of sellotape on first and final leaf; first 2 lvs. sl. frayed.

AND a later edition of the same ordinance: Ordonnantie op de Jacht van het Wildt/ Ordonnantie op 't Visschen. Gron., G. Elama, 1738/ 1739, 2 vols., 24; 10p., plain wr./ frontwr. (sl. stained).

€ (70-90) 110
78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E 78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E
78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E 78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E
78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E 78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E
78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E 78 2236 Hunting and falconry Raimondi E
78/2236 [Hunting and falconry]. Raimondi, E. Delle caccie. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (1630), 3rd ed., (12),512,(28)p., engr. title, 19 plates (incl. 2 duplicates), 20th cent. rexine.

- Bookplates on upper pastedown (Harry Cecil Clifton) and first free endpaper. Most leaves fingersoiled in lower outer corner; occas. (sl.) stained (affecting plates); one quire (p.433-440) browned and waterstained; 2 quires (p.457-464 and p.473-480) sl. waterstained mainly in margins; one plate sl. stained.

= Souhart p.395; Harting 277 (p.150); Nissen ZBI, 3273; cf. Schwerdt II, p.123 (misprint of page number 337 not in our copy): "One of the most noted Italian books on hunting".

€ (700-900)
78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J 78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J
78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J 78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J
78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J 78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J
78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J 78 2237 Hunting and falconry Rendorp J
78/2237 [Hunting and falconry]. Rendorp, J. Verhandeling over het Recht van de Jagt. Amst., P. Schouten, 1777, (8),184,(1)p., contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Some lvs. unopened/ sl. stained. Binding sl. worn/ stained. = Lindner p.825; Dekkers p.142.

Swaen, A.E.H. (ed.). Jacht-bedryff. Naar het handschrift in de Koninklijke Bibliotheek te 's-Gravenhage. Leyden, Brill, 1948, 1st ed., XV,(1),120p., 9 facs. plates, orig. clothbacked boards, sm. folio.

- Endpapers and binding sl. foxed; cl. trifle rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.

Idem. De valk in de iconographie. Maastr., Gebrs. Van Aelst, 1926, 35p., 11 ills., later gilt hcl.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; title-p. trifle foxed.

= Rare publication in elegant binding by "Nanna Grönvalls Eftr. Gunnar Lindberg Bokbinderi, Malmö".

AND 1 other similar.

€ (70-90) 130
78 2238 Hunting and falconry Taymur Mirza 78 2238 Hunting and falconry Taymur Mirza
78/2238 [Hunting and falconry]. (Taymur Mirza). The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry. Engl. transl. D.C. Phillott. London, B. Quaritch, 1908, XXIV,195p., 25 ills., printed in 500 copies, orig. richly gilt cl., t.e.g., 4to.

- From the library of Harry Cecil Clifton (bookplate on upper pastedown); modern bookplate on first free endpaper. Upper joint wormholed at top of spine; corners worn; covers foxed.

= Schwerdt IV, p.92; Wood p.519; Zimmer p.623. Rare.

€ (400-600) 425
78 2239 Hunting and falconry Verster van Wulverhorst A H 78 2239 Hunting and falconry Verster van Wulverhorst A H
78/2239 [Hunting and falconry]. Verster van Wulverhorst, A.H. Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over het jagtwezen, sedert de vroegste tijden. Amst., L. van der Vinne, 1840, 191,(1)p., 3 plates (1x engr. and 2x fold. lithogr.), orig. printed limp boards.

- (Sl.) foxed throughout. Backstrip cracked.

= Lindner 11.2505.01: "Noch immer unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel zum Studium der Geschichte der Jagd in den Niederlanden." Souhart p.482.

€ (150-250) 150
78 2240 Husbandry Chomel N and Chalmot J A de 78 2240 Husbandry Chomel N and Chalmot J A de
78/2240 [Husbandry]. Chomel, N. and Chalmot, J.A. de. Huishoudelijk Woordenboek, Vervattende veele middelen om zijn goed te vermeerderen, en zijne gezondheid te behouden (...)./ Vervolg op M. Noël. Algemeen huishoudelyk-, natuur-, zedekundig- en konstwoordenboek (...). Ed. J.A. de Chalmot a.o. Leyden/ Leeuw., J. le Mair/ H.A. de Chalmot, 1769-1793, 2nd rev. and enl. ed./ 1st ed., 14 (of 16) vols., 77 (of 87)/ 45 (of 46) fold. engr. plates, modern unif. gilt antique style hleather w. 2 contrasting letterpieces, 4to.

- Without vol. 1 of the 1st series and vol. 8 of the 2nd series; lacks 11 plates; occas. yellowed/ (sl.) waterst. Two vols. lack one letterpiece.

= With the continuation of Chomel by De Chalmot. Typical 18th century handbook/ encyclopedia for the "complete landlord", covering all aspects of managing a mansion during the Ancien Regime. Deals i.a. with breeding of all kinds of animals (for instance bees, pigeons, silkworms); agriculture, viniculture etc.; handicrafts, gardening, banking etc. etc. But also on secrets how to live to an old age, the making of artificial stones, oil- and waterpainting. A mine of contemporary knowledge. Thiébaud p.204 (note) and p.203f (on the French edition).

€ (200-300) 200
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