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a brown book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan open book with a drawing of a pheasant on itan open book with a picture of a bird sitting on top of it
Maître Cyril DUVAL

481 - CHENU (J.-C.) The Hunter’s Guide to Birds.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
CHENU (J.-C.) The Hunter’s Guide to Birds. Natural history, behaviour and habits. Hunting birds of the plains, woods and marshes. Paris, Rothschild, 1870. 4to, contemporary half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, 168 pp., 49 plates (out of 50). First edition. One of the finest 19th-century hunting books devoted to game birds, containing 49 plates, fully engraved and finely watercoloured (not in chromolithography as the title suggests) out of 50: the frontispiece plate of the pheasant is missing. A comprehensive description of the species, their habits, their habitat, their distribution in France and their hunting, by a renowned hunter and ornithologist. A fine copy. The top of the title page has been trimmed and roughly lined. Expert: Mr Cédric De FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale 📚🦓🦋 LA FLÈCHE Sale 2 – HUNTING: BOOKS, TROPHIES, TAXIDERMY & CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
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Auction time 09/07/2026 at 2:15 PM
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