Poultry. De Réaumur [(René Antoine Ferchault)], The Art of H...

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Poultry. De Réaumur [(René Antoine Ferchault)], The Art of Hatching and Bringing Up Domestick (sic) Fowls Of all Kinds, At any Time of the Year. Either by means of the heat of Hot-Beds, or that of Common Fire, first English edition, London: C. Davis, et al., 1750, half-title, pp: viii, 470, [1] (errata leaf), 15 folding engraved plates (no. 15 repaired and in places supplied in facsimile), engraved in-text vignettes, some stains in places, but an overall respectable copy, 20th century half-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Hunting. Somervile (William), The Chace. A Poem, first edition, London: G. Hawkins, and sold by T. Cooper, 1735, pp: [vi], 106, [1] (errata), frontispiece engraved by Gérard Scotin after Hubert-François Gravelot, contemporary Spanish calf (a trifle tired, occasional chip), 4to, (2). 

Provenance: 2nd: Ex Libris Marcel Jeanson (1885-1942), French industrialist and bibliophile, noted for his library devoted to hunting; his water fowl bookplate to recto pastedown; sold at the first of his sales, Sotheby’s Monaco, 28th February 1987, lot 510, loosely-inserted instructions.