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BUC’HOZ, Pierre Joseph. Les agrémens des campagnards dans la chasse des oiseaux. Paris: by the author, 1784. 12° (181 x 108mm). (Without blank F12, some browning and scattered spotting.) 20th-century blue morocco, gilt spine and top edges. Provenance: Martinas Kuitenbrouwer (ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION. Although Buc'hoz is known as a botanist, he also studied animals and in particular birds. His text about falconry draws on the Dictionnaire Théorique et Pratique de Chasse by Delisle de Sales (1769). Harting 183; Schwerdt I, p. 85; Thiébaud 134.
FIRST EDITION. Although Buc'hoz is known as a botanist, he also studied animals and in particular birds. His text about falconry draws on the Dictionnaire Théorique et Pratique de Chasse by Delisle de Sales (1769). Harting 183; Schwerdt I, p. 85; Thiébaud 134.
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