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Complete course on hunting

BLAZE, Elzéar.
Le Chasseur au chien d' arrêt. Contenant les habitudes, les ruses du gibier, l' art de le chercher et de le tirer, le choix des armes, l' éducation des chiens, leurs maladies, etc.

With illustration of two dogs by A. Guyot on title, full-page plate

Paris, Chez l' un des éditeurs, au dépot de la collection culinaire de Carême, 1846. 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco, gilt spine with title lettered in gold, blue sprinkled edges. With illustration of two dogs by A. Guyot on title, full-page plate "Contemplation" signed Pauquet. XXVII, 420 pp.

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BLAZE, Elzéar. Le Chasseur au chien courant, contenant les habitudes, les ruses des bêtes; l'art de les quêter, de les juger et de les détourner; de les attaquer, de les tirer ou de les prendre a force; l'éducation du limier; des chiens courants, leurs maladies, etc.; formant, avec Le Chasseur au chien d' arrêt, un cours complet de chasse a tir et a courre. Paris, Bernard et Cie for the Dépot de librarie, 1851. 2 vols. Contemporary green morocco, gilt spine with title lettered in gold, blue sprinkled edges. (6), 440; (6), 448 pp.

Ad 1. Fourth edition of this elaborate treatise on hunting by Elzéar Jean Louis Joseph Blaze (1786-1848), forming together with his Le Chasseur au chien courant a complete course on hunting 'à tir et à cour'. This treatise contains information on the habits and tricks of animals, the method for watching, judging and divert them, the method for attacking, shoot and emprison them, and information on the education of the tracker dogs, foxhounds, and on their diseases. The work contains 30 chapters on different preys, the hunters and their clothes and guns, necesary precautions, the education of the dogs, hunting techniques and a vocabulary of the hunter. The first edition appeared in 1836. Later editions were published in 1837, 1839, 1854, 1858, 1862, 1868 and 1872. The first editions in 8vo have become rare. This edition is the last one revised by the author, as he died in 1848. It contains therefore the definitive text. An Italian translation was published in 1869 and republished in 1881 and 1884.
Ad 2. Re-issue of the first edition of 1838 of this elaborate treatise on hunting by Elzéar Jean Louis Joseph Blaze(1786-1848). On the titles there is a piece of paper pasted on the original imprint, with the text: "Au bureau de la Collection culinaire d' Antonin Carème, de la collection de toutes les chasses, avec albums de chasses, du cours complet d' agriculture, en 25 volumes in-8, 1851". This treatise contains information on the habits and tricks of animals, the method for watching, judging and divert them, the method for attacking, shoot and emprison them, and information on the education of the tracker dogs, foxhounds, and on their diseases. In the title is emphasised that this work forms, together with Le Chasseur au chien d' arrêt, a treatise on pointer dogs by the same author, a complete course on hunting 'à tir et à courre'. The first vol. contains the following chapters: les musiciens; arnement du chasseur; habillement du chasseur; éducation domestique; éducation théorique; éducation pratique; le limier; les maladies; le veneur; la trompe; le garde; le lapin; le renard. The second vol. consists of the following chapters: le lièvre; le loup; la sanglier; le cerf; le daim; le chevreuil. Republished in 1859, 1887 and 1890. An Italian translation was published in 1869 and republished in 1881 and 1884.

Very good copy with ms ownership's entry "Eduard Justing".- (Waterstain in first 130 pp of first part and smaller stain in first and last part of 2nd part.)

Sotheby's, Bibliothèque Marcel Jeanson, 73 (3rd ed.); Thiébaud, col. 98-100; Souhart, col. 58; Schwerdt, Hunting, hawking, shooting, p. 71 (first ed.); Ceresoli, p. 97 (Italian ed.).

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