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The Masters of Hunting. Paris, Émile Nourry Librairie Cynégétique, 1928–1934. 10 volumes, quarto, paperback. The first illustrated collected edition of the principal French works on hunting with hounds, compiled by the leading specialists of the time and published by the most renowned Parisian hunting publisher. ‘Under this collective title, Émile Nourry has produced excellent and beautifully printed reprints of the French classics on hunting with hounds’ (Thiébaud). I. King Modus’s Book of Hunting. Transcribed into modern French. 1931. No. 704. II. Gaston Phoebus. The Book of Hunting. Transcribed into modern French. 1931. No. 757. III. Du Fouilloux: Hunting with Hounds. Preceded by a biographical note by M. Pressac and a bibliography of editions of *La vénerie*. 1928. No. 1034. IV. Salnove: *La vénerie royale*. Preceded by a bio-bibliographical note on the author by Commander G. de Marolles. Ill. Miel. 1929. No. 654. V. Le Verrier de la Conterie: The School of Hunting with Hounds. Ill. Ridinger. 1932. No. 634. VI. D’Yauville: Treatise on Hunting with Hounds. Ill. Oudry. 1929. No. 737. VII. Boisrot de Lacour: A Treatise on the Art of Hunting with Hounds. Ill. Carle Vernet. 1929. No. 783. VIII. D’Houdetot: Small-Game Hunting or Hunting with Hounds. Ill. Horace Vernet. 1930. No. 718 IX. Supplement – Boursier de la Roche: The Finest Hunting Fanfares. Preceded by a study on horn signals by Jean des Airelles and a historical and bibliographical introduction by Commander G. de Marolles. 125 fanfares notated. 1930. No. 819. X. Thiébaud: Bibliography of French works on hunting. 1934. No. 856. Of the 1,050 copies (excluding the Du Fouilloux, of which 1,550 were printed), each is numbered on satin-finished alfa paper. A very fine series. Thiébaud 625–626. Also from the same publisher: Comte René de Martimprey: Dramas of Hunting and Love under Louis XV – during the Reign of Terror. Illustrated by the Marquise de Noailles. 1929. No. 145. in-8, paperback.
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