ONCIEUX, Guillaume d' - Lot 182

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ONCIEUX, Guillaume d' - Lot 182
ONCIEUX, Guillaume d' Miles Venator. Seu Militis Venatoris et porcarii Lyon, Jean Pillehotte, 1599 RARE. COPY IN CONTEMPORARY VELLUM. MISSING FROM THE BNF ORIGINAL EDITION In-4 (214 x 148). Text in Latin. Printer's vignette on title page, woodcut headbands, initials and endpapers. COLLATION: A-Y4 Z2 π1 : 95 leaves. Last leaf (errata) isolated, as stipulated by Thiébaud. CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Soft vellum, long spine. Folder, slipcase Stains and small holes in binding, spine very loose. Paper loss to errata leaf (flounce). Guillaume d'Oncieux (1560-1630), president of the Savoy Senate, is considered to have been one of the most learned men of his time. His work Miles venator takes the form of a dialogue on hunting between a soldier venator and a pig keeper, whose conclusion is that pigs are better-natured than dogs. The text also touches on a wide range of subjects, including love, religion, natural history, witches, brigandage and torture. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC, 146710 -- Thiébaud, 694 ("this work is extremely rare") -- Schwerdt, IV, p. 72 -- Souhart, 357
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