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Pierre Lamy, Paris. 1660. First Edition (issue with the author’s initials on title), 4to, [xvi], 55, [9], 57-119, [9], 121-184, [4], 185-230, [8], 231-288pp., engraved vignette title printed in red and black, 66 full-page woodcut plates (9 folding), paper flaw in upper blank margin of title, text and plates are nice and clean and free from foxing, cont. limp vellum, foot of spine a little chipped. A rare complete copy of the first edition of this important work. Schwerdt I, p.181. “First edition of a celebrated and important book which was a source of information for many subsequent writers on the art of taking game, fish and vermin with traps, nets and similar implements. The work id divided into five books of which the last deals with fishing. It has taken us a lifetime to find a copy complete in all plates.” Westwood & Satchell, p.180. “The first edition has become very rare, and is, on the whole, the most interesting contribution made by France to the literature of angling.” |
