Louis de LA ROULIÈRE. Treatise on the hunting... Lot 22

Louis de LA ROULIÈRE. Treatise on the hunting of hares in Poitou. Paris, Pairault, 1888. In-4, burgundy half-chagrin, spine with 5 nerves, cover (Modern binding). Thiébaud, 557 /// (2f.)-36-(2f.). Rare first edition containing 75 illustrations in black and in colours by Gaignard. Edition of 490 copies, this one of 150 on Japon. The felt cover must have a crew button which is missing here. We enclose 9 works in-4, in-8 and in-12 in half-chagrin, half-canvas and paperback relating to hare hunting and its derivatives: BENOIST. Hares and hares. 1946. - CASTETS. Form for hunting hares. S.d. (ca. 1910). - THE STREET. The Hare. 1876. - THE MASSON. The Ferret Hunt. 1866. - LEVÎTRE. The Otter. 1929. - MOUSSU. The Ferret. 1940. - MÉGNIN. The Ferret. 1922. - RIFFAUD. The Hare and the Fox. 1887. - SASSOON. A Memoir of a Fox-Hunter. S.d. (ca. 1940).