ARCUSSIA Charles d' - Lot 26

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ARCUSSIA Charles d' - Lot 26
ARCUSSIA Charles d' La Fauconnerie de Charles d'Arcussia, de Capre, Seigneur d'Esparron...divided into 10 parts with portraits of all the birds Paris, Jean Houze, 1627 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS ON FALCONRY. D'ARCUSSIA IN ITS ENTIRETY 4 parts in 1 vol. in-4 (208 x 160 mm). Title in red and black, woodcut initials and headbands. COLLATION: π4 A-Z4 2A-U4; ω4 e2 L4 M2 a-f4; A-G4; * 3A-K4. CONTENTS: La Fauconnerie, 3 ff. n. ch., 334 pp. ff. n. ch.; La Fauconnerie du Roy, avec la Conférence des Fauconniers, 6 ff. n. ch., 48 pp.; Discours de la Chasse, 56 pp.; Lettres de Philoierax à Philofalco, 4 ff. n. ch., 83 pp. ILLUSTRATION: 14 in-text copper engravings and 4 hors-texte plates of instruments. late 18th century binding. Half green morocco, long spine decorated with gilt. PROVENANCE: Bibliothèque de Solesmes (repeated wet stamp) -- Auguste Pécoul (1937-1916; bookplate "Dom Peculium") Short margins. Without the portrait, the author's coat of arms and an instrument plate. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thiébaud, 27-28 -- Harting, 153 -- Nissen, IVB, 35
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