DU FOUILLOUX, J. FRANCHIERES. HARMONT. - Lot 40

DU FOUILLOUX, J. FRANCHIERES. HARMONT. [HUNTING. FALCONRY]. SET of 2 volumes. - *La Venerie* by Jacques du Fouilloux, revised and expanded beyond previous editions. Paris: Abel l’Angelier, 1606. [Bound together]: FRANCHIERES, Jean de. La Fauconnerie by Jean de Franchieres Paris: Abel l’Angelier, 1607. In-8. Later brown shagreen, smooth spine decorated with small cold-stamped bird motifs, author’s name in gold, cold-stamped border on the covers, double gilt line on the endpapers, moiré endpapers, gilt edges (spines and covers slightly rubbed, narrow margins, title page of *La Vénerie* detached, minor marginal repairs, minor tears except on folios 30 and 31 with part of the leaf torn off, minor marginal worm damage on f. 75–96 of the second volume slightly affecting the text on a few pages, water stains, ff. 26, 27, and 112 of the first volume are missing). A compilation of these two 17th-century reference works on hunting, which are often found together. Richly illustrated, entirely woodcut in black, including full-page and half-page vignettes, headbands, and initials. La Vénerie: title page with a full-page engraved vignette on the reverse, 122 ff. (out of 125, excluding ff. 26, 27, and 112), [4] ff. With 71 black-and-white engravings, including those depicting wolf hunting. La Fauconnerie: (8) ff., including a title page with a privilege charter on the reverse, 127-(5) ff., 30 black-and-white illustrations of birds in the text. Thiébaud, 304. - *La Venerie* by Jacques du Fouilloux. No place, no date. [Bound together with] HARMONT, Pierre (known as Mercure). The Mirror of Falconry, or A Guide to the Art Rouen: Clément Malassis, 1650. In-8, 118 ff. and (4) ff., 36 pp. Contemporary ivory-colored vellum (the title page and ff. 17, 23, 53, 58, 59, 78 of the first volume and pp. 9–10 of the second are missing; restored, resulting in: 118 ff. (out of 124 excluding the title page and ff. 17, 23, 53, 58, 59, 78), (4) ff.; 36 pp. (out of 38, excluding pp. 9–10). F. 26 is marked 62, f. 92 is marked 93, and f. 96 is marked 69. A rare edition of Harmont’s work, the first published outside of Paris, featuring its beautiful woodcut illustrations of birds of prey. One of the greatest treatises on falconry, dedicated to the Duke of Luynes. A detailed manual on the selection, training, and feeding of hunting birds of prey, by Louis XIII’s falconer, first published in 1620. The hunting scene on the title page is not the same as that of the first edition and depicts hunters with horns, accompanied by a dog and a falcon. “Copies of this work are very difficult to find” (Harting). Thiébaud, 493. Copy with some missing pages.