[FORTIN, François] - Lot 104

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[FORTIN, François] - Lot 104
[FORTIN, François] Les Ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prendre les Oyseaux passagers, & les non passagers: & de plusieurs sortes de Bestes à quatre pieds Paris, Pierre Lamy, 1660 A CLASSIC OF THE GENRE ORIGINAL EDITION. In-4 (261 x 199 mm). Title page printed in red and black, with woodcut vignette. Woodcut initials, headbands and tailpieces. ã4 ẽ4 A-G4 ã4 H-P4 ã4 Q-Z4 ã2 2A-E4 2F3 ã5 2G-N4 (without quire 2N4): (8) ff, 280 pp. (of 288). 66 wood-engraved plates, several folding. Contemporary vellum-covered boards, spine muted. Modern cover and slipcase. Thiébaud, 408 -- Schwerdt, I, 180-181 -- Souhart, 636. Angular loss to first two leaves, small brown spots to some leaves, some browned. Light marginal spotting to about ten plates, one plate torn but not missing. The last 8 pages are missing (notebook 2N4).
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