1566 - 1710 FALCONRY and HUNTING. BOOKS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, MISCELLANEA etc.
- With some dam. and worn spots; w. retouched sections and craquelé.
- Closed tear in lower edge.
- Sl. foxed and a few other minor defects.
= From VIVANT DENON a.o., Description de l'Egypte. Zoologie. Oiseaux. (1809, J. Savigny, Histoire Naturelle, planche 2 and 3).
- Two plates browned.
= From DIDEROT/ D'ALEMBERT, Encyclopedie methodique arts et metiers mecaniques (Paris, 1762-1777). Showing i.a. attributes, a falconry (exterior and interior), people preparing the food for the falcons.
AND 5 others, i.a. 4 plates from the same work: "Chasse, Petites Chasses et Pieges" (bird catching).
- Sl. duststained and yellowed. = Artist's ticket on verso.
= Plate 12 from J. JOHNSTON, Historiae Naturalis. De Avibus Libri VI (Frankfurt a.M., Matthias Merian, 1657).
AND 4 other similar prints, i.a. "Le Faucon Sort" (etching by R. DE LAUNAY after De SEVE, from DE BUFFON, Histoire naturelle (1770)).
- Sl. sunned.
= Vadim Gorbatov is considered (one of) the best wildlife artists from Russia. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
- Sl. yellowed in images (sl. worse in blank margins).
= Titled: "The Meet", "Away!", "The Brook" and "Who-Hoop!".