MAISON RUSTIQUE or the COUNTREY FARME. Also a short collection of the hunting of the Hart, Wilde Bore, Hare, Fox, Gray, Cony; of Birds and Faulconrie.
Published by London Printed by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton and John Bill, 1606
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United KingdomRoger Middleton P.B.F.A.
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SECOND EDITION 1606. Translation into English by Richard Surflet of L’agriculture et maison rustique. 8vo, approximately 215 x 155 mm, 8½ x 6 inches, 35 woodcut text illustrations of varying sizes, woodcut vignette on title page, woodcut headpieces and woodcut initials, printed marginalia, title page has Contents on verso. Pages: [30], 1-901, plus 27 pages of Tables with last page blank, lacks first page A1, a blank page except for a small signature mark at bottom, signatures: A8, b8, B-3N8, jump in pagination "374-376" no leaf missing, catchwords and signatures correct, pages 28, 373-379 & 638 misnumbered, See: Library Hub Discover, Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries, for good description. Bound in full calf, gilt lettered title and date to spine, blind decoration to spine and covers, new endpapers, oval bookplate of Carl Franz George Richard Schwerdt to first free endpaper, bibliographer of Hunting, Hawking and Shooting Books, another engraved bookplate and small ink stamp. Binding a little rubbed, 30mm (½") crack to top of both hinges, covers firmly attached, slight wear to edges and corners, title page lightly dusty, small strip of pale staining to edges of lower margins on 3 leaves at beginning, tiny wormhole running from title page to page 40 affecting an occasional letter, closed tear to 1 lower margin neatly repaired, not affecting text, a few corners lightly creased, a few lower corners slightly dusty on pages at beginning and in Table at rear, occasional small pale stain or fox spot, otherwise a very good clean copy. See: Luborsky and Ingram, A Guide to English Illustrated Books 1536-1603, page 359, No. 10547, listing the 1600 edition; John Resler Swift, Bibliotheca Accipitraria II, A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, page 299, No. 550.02; British Bee Books 1500-1976, page 42; James Edmund Harting, Bibliotheca Accipitraria, A Catalogue of Books Relating to Falconry, pages 13-14, No. 16; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 1, page 223, No. 202, listing the 1616 edition; Carl F. G. Richard Schwerdt, Hunting, Hawking and Shooting, Volume 1, page 166; Andre L. Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica, pages 60-61; Mary Aslin, Catalogue of Books on Agriculture, page 455; ESTC S101747. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…
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- Title
- MAISON RUSTIQUE or the COUNTREY FARME. Also a short collection of the hunting of the Hart, Wilde Bore, Hare, Fox, Gray, Cony; of Birds and Faulconrie.
- Author
- [ESTIENNE], Charles and John Liebault [Liebaut].
- Publisher
- London Printed by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton and John Bill
- Publication year
- 1606
- Binding
- Hardcover
Roger Middleton P.B.F.A.
Oxford, United Kingdom
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