[Hunting and fishing] Delisle de Sales, J.-B.-C. Dictionnaire théorique et pratique de chasse et de pêche

Paris, printed by P.A. le Prieur for J.B.G. Musier fils, 1769, 2 vols., (4),60,475; (4),510,(5) p., w. 2 engr. title ills. (one dep. a hunting-scene, the other a fishing scene), simple cont. wr. w. manuscr. title on spine. Wrappers worn/ dam. on spine, frontwr. of the first vol. loose. Errata lvs for both vols. at the end of the 2nd vol. A modest but good copy, completely untrimmed.

Schwerdt I, p. 137; Thiébaud 260. First edition of this hunting and fishing manual, incl. a list of works on which the author based his work, e.g. Aristotle, Belon, Buffon, Gesner, Pliny and many others. (total 2)