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Henri de La Blanchère | Les oiseaux gibier. Chasse – moeurs – acclimatation, Paris, 1876, the Schwerdt copy

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November 29, 03:25 PM GTNN

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Henri de La Blanchère


Les oiseaux gibier. Chasse – moeurs – acclimatation. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1876


FIRST EDITION, large 4to (365 x 270mm.), half-title, 45 hand-coloured plates after Benjamin Fawcett, vignettes and ornamental initials in text, contemporary red half-morocco, original wrappers bound in, edges uncut


THE SCHWERDT COPY. “Beau volume, assez rare, qui, d’après Souhart, n’aurait été tiré qu’à 300 ex.” (Thiébaud).


LITERATURE:

Nissen IVB 109; Ronsil 1574; Souhart, 277; Schwerdt, 1:294; Thiébaud, 538


PROVENANCE:

C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (1862-1939), bibliophile and bibliographer, bookplate

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