YAUVILLE, Jacques d' - Lot 234

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YAUVILLE, Jacques d' - Lot 234
YAUVILLE, Jacques d' Traité de Vénerie Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788 PRINCES MURAT, AT CHÂTEAU DU CHAMBLY, ONE OF THE MOST CHICEST CREWAGES OF THE 19th CENTURY. WITH A SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM YAUVILLE TO HIS PRINTER. THE LAST GREAT TREATISE ON HUNTING UNDER THE ANCIEN RÉGIME FIRST EDITION. In-4 (262 x 206mm). Woodcut arms of Louis XVI by Jean Beugnet on title. XII pp, 415 pp, 41 ff (engraved fanfares, printed on recto only). ATTACHMENT: l.a.s. from Jacques d'Yauville, addressed to his printer, dated February 16, 1788. 2 pp. in-8, in brown ink: "j'ai marqué quelque inquiétude sur la fin de l'impression de mon ouvrage"... Ivory vellum, bradel spine, gilt titling on spine, top edge red. PROVENANCE: Joachim, 5th Prince Murat (1856-1932; engraved heraldic bookplate of the Château de Chambly). Thiébaud, 949 -- Schwerdt II, 305 -- Jeanson, I, n° 583 -- De Futaie en folio, II, pp. 328-329 -- Souhart, 501-502
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