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DAMPIERRE (Marc-Antoine de).

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Fanfares for single trumpet hunting and a second adl. composed by the late M. de Dampierre. Paris, Sieber père, circa 1785. 2 volumes in-8 oblong, 26 x 17 cm, 1 f., 16 pp. & 16 pp. fawn-rooted basane, small red morocco labels in the centre of the plates with gilt roulette in frame and gilt title Fanfares pour la chasse. Trompa I [and 2], ornate smooth spines (early 19th century bindings). Extremely rare edition, probably the third, of Dampierre's fanfares. Fully engraved collections. Titles and several folios reassembled. Guards renewed. Rubbed bindings with missing spines and corners. Thiébaud 371-372 ("This third edition is just as rare as the second [even rarer than the first]. We have only ever seen the ex. which is today part of the collection of M. le comte P. du Verne ").