Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(HUNTING & FISHING.) L'Art de toute sorte de Chasse et de Pêche. [16], 393, [3]; [14] (of [16]), 436 pages, including half-title in first volume, lacking in second. 2 volumes. 12mo, 159x89 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, spine ends damaged, cover corners worn through; occasional toning in second volume. Stipple-engraved bookplates of the Swedish military officer and bibliophile Carl Gustaf von Liewen (1748-1809). Lyon: chez les Frères Bruyset, 1730

Additional Details

first edition of a manual of hunting and fishing including subject glossaries and a dialogue on falconry; second issue, with titles reset and dated 1730. Schwerdt I, 46 (1719 first issue).