[GOURY DE CHAMPGRAND, Charles Jean]. Traité de vénerie et de chasses. Paris: Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hérissant, 1769. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (258 x 195 mm). Half-titles present to each part. 39 engraved plates by Louis Halbou, of which 3 folding. (Occasional faint spotting and browning, paper flaw to E3 affecting a few words to verso.) 20th-century morocco over marbled boards by E. Rouselle (a fraction rubbed). Provenance: Edward Sands Litchfield (armorial bookplate).
[GOURY DE CHAMPGRAND, Charles Jean]. Traité de vénerie et de chasses. Paris: Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hérissant, 1769. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (258 x 195 mm). Half-titles present to each part. 39 engraved plates by Louis Halbou, of which 3 folding. (Occasional faint spotting and browning, paper flaw to E3 affecting a few words to verso.) 20th-century morocco over marbled boards by E. Rouselle (a fraction rubbed). Provenance: Edward Sands Litchfield (armorial bookplate).

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[GOURY DE CHAMPGRAND, Charles Jean]. Traité de vénerie et de chasses. Paris: Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hérissant, 1769. 2 parts in one volume, 4° (258 x 195 mm). Half-titles present to each part. 39 engraved plates by Louis Halbou, of which 3 folding. (Occasional faint spotting and browning, paper flaw to E3 affecting a few words to verso.) 20th-century morocco over marbled boards by E. Rouselle (a fraction rubbed). Provenance: Edward Sands Litchfield (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. The first part deals with all aspects of hunting, while the second contains an important section on falconry (pp. 149-174). Harting 177; Schwerdt I, pp.214-215; Souhart 224.

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