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• [CHASSE]. [SIMON Jean-Baptiste].

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- [HUNTING]. SIMON Jean-Baptiste].
Means of conserving game, by destroying birds of prey|
And instructions for doing so. Traité de la pipée, Chasse amusante, & divertissante, très-convenable aux Dames.
Paris, Veuve Prudhomme, 1738. In-12 (163 x 100 mm), engraved frontispiece-[15] ff.-84 pp.-[2] ff. Approval. Full speckled calf, spine titled and decorated with gilt irons, red morocco title-piece, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges, marbled paper end-papers, bookmark preserved (period binding).
Rare first edition from the prestigious library of King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850) in the castle of Eu (Normandy).
Engraved frontispiece set in colours.
PROVENANCE Royal library of Louis-Philippe at the château d'Eu (wet stamp on title)| handwritten mention in ink "C.D. 1773" (on front flyleaf). (on front endpaper).
REFERENCES Thiébaud, 846| sale of the library of the Château d'Eu, 30 December 1852 (no. 53).
(Used condition of the binding).