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Maître Cyril DUVAL

609 - BOOKS IN ENGLISH.— HUNTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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Estimate €300 - €350
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BOOKS IN ENGLISH.— HUNTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Set of 6 books in the publisher’s cardboard binding. From the hunting library of J. López de Ceballos (ex-libris), comprising: - BLAINE (D. P.). An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports… Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing… London, Longman 1852. 2 vols. in-8, contemporary binding in green half-calf with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, title labels. Second edition, the most comprehensive of this encyclopaedia of hunting, fishing and horsemanship in England, illustrated with numerous woodcuts. Never published in French. A fine copy. Corners rubbed. Ex-libris T. H. Butler. - BREADALBANE (Marquess of). The High Tops of Black Mount. Edinburgh and London, Blackwood, 1935. In-8, publisher’s cardboard binding, 252 pp. Accounts of deer hunting in Scotland prior to the 1914 war. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Not previously published in French. Good condition. - GRIMBLE (A.). Highland Sport. London, Chapman and Hall, 1894. In-4, modern binding in fawn half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with embossed hunting motifs, title label, 268 pp. First edition of the author’s memoirs of hunting and salmon fishing in Scotland, illustrated with 10 black-and-white plates by A. Thorburn. Not previously published in French. A fine copy. - GRIMBLE (A.). Shooting and Salmon Fishing. Hints and Recollections. London, Chapman and Hall, 1892. In-4, modern fawn half-shagreen binding with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with embossed motifs, title label, 260 pp. First edition of the author’s memoirs of hunting and salmon fishing in England, illustrated with 18 black-and-white plates by A. Thorburn. Not previously published in French. A fine copy. Foxing. - MAXWELL (W. H.). *The Field Book, or Sports and Pastimes of the British Islands*. London, Effingham Wilson, c. 1834. In-8, publisher’s cardboard binding, 564 pp. Hunting and fishing in England presented in dictionary form. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and sketches in the text. Never published in French. Good condition. Foxing. Ex-libris D. P. Crossman. Provenance: The hunting library of the late Don Javier López de Ceballos
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About the sale 📚🦓🦋 LA FLÈCHE Sale 2 – HUNTING: BOOKS, TROPHIES, TAXIDERMY & CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
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