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Maître Cyril DUVAL

505 - FOUDRAS (Marquis de). *Les gentilshommes chasseurs*.
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Estimate €50 - €60
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FOUDRAS (Marquis de). *Les gentilshommes chasseurs*. Paris, Nourry, 1926. 12mo, ivory half-vellum with ivory corners on the back, front cover and spine, 346 pp. A famous edition illustrated with wood engravings. The Marquis de Foudras’s most famous work. The seminal text on hunting under the Ancien Régime, upon which the revival of French hunting in the nineteenth century was built. A remarkable gallery of great huntsmen, admirable hunters, men and dogs. Includes a woodcut portrait of Foudras by Paul Baudier. A fine copy, one of 1,500 in the Alfa series (no. 549). Pinholes. 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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