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£250.00
(DOGS and CATS.) ~ Hunde und Katzen. Erzählungen und Anekdoten, als Beiträge zur Charakteristik dieser beiden Hausthiere. Ludwigsburg: ‘Auf Kosten des Herausgebers’: C.F. Rast’schen, 1827.
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A rare little collection for animal-lovers, with over 60 anecdotes illustrating the characteristics of dogs (mainly) and cats, with titles such as ‘The faithful poodle’, ‘Siberian sledge-dogs’, ‘The surgeon and the dog’, ‘Strange punishment by a poodle’, ‘Remarkable rescue by a dog’, ‘The hunting dog’, ‘The life and times of a pomeranian’. For cat lovers, there are stories such as ‘The amusing education of a cat’ (from Campe’s Kinderbibliothek) and ‘The prisoner and the cat’.
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£400.00
[MANCINI, Cesare, attributed to.] ~ Les plaisirs innocens et amoureux de la campagne, contenant le traite des mouches à miel, ou les régles pour les bien gouverner, & le moyen d’en tirer un profit considerable par la recolte de la cire & du miel. Et un avis pour ceux qui veulent tirer de l’utilité des vers soye Avec la methode d’elever, nourrir & querir toutes sortes d’oyseaux de ramage. Et un traité des chasses, de la venerie & fauconnerie... Amsterdam: Paul marret, 1699.
First published in 1692, this is the second edition of this attractive work on country life, bee culture, silkworms, cage-birds and hunting.
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