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La venerie

Author: Jacques du Fouilloux (French, 1521?–1580)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Printer: Claude Cramoisy (French, 17th century)
1624
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 22.7 x 18 x 2.5 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number2005.362
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Claude Cramoisy, 1624

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet II, 1357; Murray, French, 170 (1614 ed.)
Description(Paris: Claude Cramoisy, 1624) Quarto; 132 leaves; modern half vellum, blue decorated paper boards.

Illustrations of often-hunted animals (deer, boar, rabbit, etc.) and scenes of hunting methods. Later edition of a noted book on hunting, first published in 1561 in Poitiers.
ProvenanceOwnership inscription dated 1628 on title; Charles Hitchcock Tyler ( 1863-1931), by whom bequeathed to MFA, 1932-33.