Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

142. Le Verrier de la Conterie, J.
Venerie Norm<strong>and</strong>e, ou l'école de la chasse aux chiens courants, pour le
lievre, le chevreuil, le cerf, le daim, le sanglier, le loup, le renard et le
loutre avec les tons de chasse... et un dictionnaire des termes de
Chasse etc. Rouen, Dumesnil, 1778. XV, 526p., 27 fine mostly folded
woodengravings printed on blue paper (some on recto <strong>and</strong> verso),
mostly by Caron <strong>and</strong> including 12 engravings of music being "Tons de
Chasse et Fanfares". Cont. h.calf with marbled flyleaves (rebacked).
= Jeanson, 345; Thiébaud 589-590. 2nd enlarged <strong>and</strong> defenitive € 1.800,=
edition of this fine french game book with its very expressive woodcuts of a hare, a
squirrel, a deer, a fallow deer, a wild boar, a wolf, a fox, a badger <strong>and</strong> an otter. Pages
447/448 never published!
143. Lemaire, C. <strong>and</strong> Pauquet
Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Europe, Partie 1: Passereaux (all
publ.). Paris, De Bure et Pauquet Frères, (1837). Text with 80
h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings <strong>and</strong> one h<strong>and</strong>coloured engraved title to the
atlas all by Pauquet. New h.calf with marbled boards <strong>and</strong> flyleaves.
= Ronsil, 1735; Nissen IVB, 541 <strong>and</strong> Fine Bird <strong>Books</strong> p.115. € 1.450,=
Some light foxing only in the text but all plates are very fine. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition with all
the beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. The second edition was published in 1852 by
Prévost <strong>and</strong> Lemaire, but the first one is the finest!
144. Liger, L.
Amusemens de la Campagne ou nouvelle Ruses innocentes, qui
enseignent la maniere de prendre aux piéges toutes sortes d'Oiseaux et
de Bêtes à quatre pieds, avec les plus beaux Secrets de la Pêche dans
les Rivières & Etangs et un Traité general de toutes les Chasses. 2 vols.
Paris, Paudromme, 1709. 12mo. 8ll., 486p., 3ll., 518p., 116 fine
woodcuts. Cont. full morocco with gilt edges <strong>and</strong> dentelles. €
1.800,=
= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Brunet vol. 3, p. 1075. This copy is complete in these 2 vols., devided
in "4 Livres". The first volume contains the several manners of catching birds of prey.
Included in the last volume is the important "dictionnaire des termes de la chasse". From
the library of H. Hottinguer with his ex libris. Gilted blindstamped coat of arms on the
front <strong>and</strong> back with the initials "AA" in the middle. A very good copy in an attractive
binding with only a small expert restauration <strong>and</strong> some notes in an old h<strong>and</strong> on both
titlepages. See picture…
145. Lilford, L.
Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire <strong>and</strong> neighbourhood. In 2
vols. London, R. Porter, 1895. Text with 25 photogravures all illustrated
by Thorburn <strong>and</strong> Lodge <strong>and</strong> one folding map, 51 wooden-