22 May 2012
10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge
The Angling Library of Alan Jarvis
Back to auction 20289
The Angling Library of Alan Jarvis
Back to auction 20289
LIGER (LOUIS)
Le Menage universel de la ville et des champs, et le jardinier accomodez au gout du tems... avec un traité de la chasse & de la pêche, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink signature erased at head of title, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little worn (spine ends chipped, lacking label), [Westwood & Satchell p.134; Vicaire p.523], 12mo, Brussels, Jean Leonard, 1720
Sold for
£62
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The treatise on fishing comprises three chapters entitled "De la pesche", "De plusieurs secrets pour prendre toutes sortes de poissons d'eau douce" and "Autres secrets pour pêcher des poissons de mer". The rest of the book is devoted to cookery, gardening and hunting, along with "secrets du ménage" including how to tell a good cow, fountains, making liqueurs, killing rats etc.
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