LIGNIVILLE (Jean de) - La meute et vénerie pour lièvre de Je - Lot 503

LIGNIVILLE (Jean de) - La meute et vénerie pour lièvre de Jean de Lignéville grand-veneur de Lorraine & de Barrois. Metz, Paris, Chez Rousseau-Pallez et Aubry, 1865; in-8, V-IV-257 pp. bound in purple half-maroquin, 5-ribbed spine, gilt head. Copy printed on large paper. Published by H. Michelant (and probably printed in a limited number of copies) from a manuscript in the possession of M. Emmery. This treatise was written by Jean de Ligniville, comte de Bey, grand-veneur of Lorraine from 1602 to 1632; it forms only part of the work of this author, who also wrote on stag, wild boar and roe deer hunting. The text has been expanded with an index of personal and place names. Thiébaud, 599. Consultant: Mr. Philippe HENRY