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Maître Cyril DUVAL

507 - FOURNIVAL (R. de). *La vieille*, or *Ovid’s Last Loves*.
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Estimate €80 - €100
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Description
FOURNIVAL (R. de). *La vieille*, or *Ovid’s Last Loves*. A 14th-century French poem. Paris, Aubry, 1861. In-12, 11 x 19 cm, publisher’s cardboard binding in brick-red percaline, LIV + 296 pp. First edition, printed in a run of only 350 copies, of this poem in which the author explains how Ovid caught birds using birdlime, snares and other devices; and how he hunted foxes, deer, wild boar, squirrels, etc. A fine copy on laid paper. The cardboard binding is slightly sun-faded and rubbed, with a blackened spine. 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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