CYNEGETICS. VENERY. HUNTING. Set of 4 works. Paris, 1867, 18 - Lot 165

CYNEGETICS. VENERY. HUNTING. Set of 4 works. Paris, 1867, 1868, 1870 and 1873. 3 volumes in-4 and 1 vol. in-8, homogeneous 19th century bindings. Fawn half-calf with corners, 5-ribbed spine, red title-piece and fawn author's page, decorated with gilt fleurons and bordered with gilt fillets, cold fillet on covers, orientalist patterned printed cloth endpapers, gilt head and full margins, except for one, red edges. -BELLIER DE VILLIERS (A. C. E.) Les Déduits de la chasse du chevreuil... Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Victor Goupy, 1870. In-4, [8] f., 301 p., 15 plates including frontispiece (spine faded, corners, covers and corners a little rubbed, foxing on some leaves) - LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU (Emmanuel). Les Races de chiens courants français au XIXe siècle. Paris, Imprimerie de Victor Goupy, 1873. Large in-4, [6] f. (fx. title, intro., tables), IX-162 p., 12 pl. (spine a little faded, corners rubbed, plates browned). Atlas only, without text. Edition of 250 copies with text on Hollande paper and engravings on Chine paper. Copy no. 105 signed by the author. - FLOR-3. GAYOT (Eugène). Le Chien, histoire naturelle, races d'utilité et d'agrément, reproduction, éducation, hygiène, maladies, législation... Paris, Firmin-Didot frères, 1867. 1 vol. (of 2) in-8, title, 57 plates, table (spine slightly faded, spine ends, covers and corners a little rubbed, few russets). Atlas only. - FLOR-4. TOUSSENEL (Alphonse). L'Esprit des bêtes. Paris, Hetzel, [1868]. In-4, VIII-308 p. (spine faded, covers and corners rubbed, foxing on qq. leaves).