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1259
[Horsemanship]
-
TACQUET, Jean
- Philippica ou Haras de cheuaux. Antwerp, R. Bruneau,
1614, 4to, old blind decorated limp vellum (endpapers renewed), a.e.g., cloth ties, 276-[8] pp., 1 ill.
folding broadsheet (paper age-toned, some spotting). Nice copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 500/700
1st ed.
of the 1st work on horse breeding and management of stud farms in French.
Engr. ills
by
Sebastian
Franckx
: title within elaborate border with pieces of armour, full-page portrait
of Tacquet (b. 1554) and large engr. on broadsheet “La perfection du cheval” at the end, with
monogram F[ranckx] S[ebastian]. Repeats of the title and the broadsheet ills not present here.
Armorial bookpl. Liechtensteinianis.
Ref.
Dejager 102. Mennessier II:553. Simoni (BL) T-6. STCV
(2).
1260
[Hunting]
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ESTIENNE, Charles, LIEBAULT, Jean
- L’agriculture et maison rustique. Lyon,
C. Carteron, C. Amy, 1689, 4to, cont. calf (sl. rubbed, corners bumped), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised
bands (lower joint splitting, def. at head and tail), [8]-362 (=658)-[20] pp. (some browning and
spotting, bottom edge very sl. dampstained). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Later French ed. (orig. in Latin, 1554) of this comprehensive treatise on agriculture, viticulture and
hunting. Included is a separate chapter on wolf hunting “La chasse du loup” by J. Clarmorgan.
Ill. with num. woodcuts i.a. 14 depicting wolves and different hunting tactics. Ex-libris Léon van
Peteghem.
Ref.
Thiebaud 356. Souhart 174.
1261
[Jesuits]
-
JARRIGE, Pierre
- Les Iesuistes mis sur l’eschafaut, pour plusieurs crimes capitaux
par eux commis dans la Province de Guienne. Avec la response aux calomnies de Jacques Beaufés.
Leiden, Heirs of N. van Dorp, 1648, 8vo, old red morocco (sl. rubbed), flat spine with gilt label
(head and tail def.), gilt sides, a.e.g., gilt interior dentelles, marbl. endpapers, green marker, [12]-
132 + [12]-147-[1] pp. Nice copy.
€ 250/280
Very rare
original ed.
of this widely read attack on the French Jesuits by their former member P.
Jarrige (1604-1670), who fled to the Dutch Republic.
Ref.
DBS IV c. 753 nr. 2. STCN (i.a. Goldsmith
[BL] J-121).
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