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12- CAPITAINERIE DE VINCENNES. - Règlement général...

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12- [CAPITAINERIE DE VINCENNES]. - Règlement général des chasses de Vincennes ; pour la conservation du gibier, la punition des délits, & le maintien de la police. Suivant les ordonnances & usages reçus dans les capitaineries royales. September 7, 1765. Paris, veuve d'Houry & fils, 1765, in-12, with two cartoons (Aiiij and Diiij), fawn calf, ribbed spine cloisonné et fleuronné, title page, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (period binding). Restorations to head and neck, light wetness at the top of a few leaves. The only edition of this fairly rare regulation issued by the captaincy of Vincennes, for the royal hunts. The articles are followed by "Instructions sur les principaux devoirs d'un garde-chasse" (Instructions on the main duties of a gamekeeper), by requests and replies. Thiébaud, 771-772 ("very rare work").