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* HUNTING - OSMOND (Rainulphe d'). The Men of...

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* [HUNTING] - OSMOND (Rainulphe d'). The Men of the Woods. Episodes and Recollections. Paris : Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1892. - In-8, blond half calf, spine gilt, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (period binding). Rare first edition of one of the main works on the veneurs of the 19th century. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author after Louis Heyrauld in frontispiece, 9 plates and 2 compositions in the text. A very well preserved copy despite some foxing. Provenance: Fernand Louis Arnould Le Proux (1844-1875), historian and archivist-paleographer, with bookplate.