(Lacomb / Lacombe, Fr.) Encyclopédie méthodique. Dictionaire (A-Z) de toutes les espèces de chasses. Text and plate vol. Paris, H. Agasse, (1794-95) and, plate part, 1811 resp. 4to. VIII, 456 pp., 1 l. title. With

by Robert Bénard (b. Paris 1734). Time-marked contemp. cloth (text) and half leather, both with back-plate and gilt back.

Schwerdt I, 295 (Lacomb); Thiébaud 542 (Lacombe, erroneously Bernard + only 450 pp); Nissen 4621. – Text vol. uncut, but leaves cut of, the plate vol., of finest printing quality, with paled punctate edges. Especially the text wide-margined. – Fresh copy except for very small waterstreaks, repaired tears, and ruststains in the outer margins of some of the plates.

compared to the folio edition of the Diderot encyclopedia from the 3^rd quarter of the 18^th century.

The plates – mostly with 1-2, partially also up to 6 large, pictorially marvellous presentations of boar hunt, red deer stalking, par force hunt, wolf and fox pitches and trap hunting,

duck and pheasant hunt, pheasantry, bird catching and others more –

“ furnish  representations  of  some  unusual  sports  and  implements ”

(Schwerdt).

Besides traces and tools and

The 12-page plate explanation bound subsequent to the dictionary. – Especially in regard of the several kinds and practices of hunting today either not possible or not usual anymore

Offer no. 13,208 / EUR  966. / export price EUR  918. (c. US$ 1189.) + shipping

“ … and I wish to thank you for packing it so carefully … ”

(Mr. P. M., August 28, 2003)

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