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Hunting. DU BEC (Jean). Discours de l'antagonie...

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[Hunting]. DU BEC (Jean). Discours de l'antagonie du chien et du lièvre, ruses et proprietez d'iceux, l'un à bien assaillir, l'autre à se bien deffendre. Paris, Jannet, [Impr. de Crapelet],1850. In-8, 3 f., 25 p., title with vignette, contemporary red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine, full title, all margins preserved (2 corners worn, rubbing to boards). Reprint of a very rare treatise published in 1593. Limited edition of 62 copies. Printed on laid paper. Provenance: Baron Grandjean d'Alteville, whose hunting library was sold in 1862 (gilt name on tail of spine and stamp on title and page 24). (Thiébaud 290).