[Rarebooks] FS: Did the French Eat Songbirds in 1808 ???

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

[Bullard, Pierre] AVICEPTOLOGIE FRANCAISE, ou Traite General de toutes les
Ruses dont on peut se servir pour prendre les Oiseaux...

Paris; Chez Cussac: 1808. 5th edition.

A wonderful, well-illustrated French book about catching birds! Sad (or
not?) to say, the French fascination for captivating avians was not purely
recreational -a quick look at French cookbooks of the period (or even
today) gives more than a hint at the true importance of catching our
little feathered friends. The 34 copper plate engravings show a wide
variety of tools and devices, snares, nets, blinds, fake bushes and trees,
and even a two-man cattle costume, that were all used to outwit local
songbirds and wild fowl. The frontispiece illustrates many of these
contraptions arranged in the yard behind a grand house, as a gentleman
leaps from behind a bush in pursuit of a pair of (rather small) songbirds.

Hardcover.  4.5"x7.5", xxiv + 312 pages, plus 34 engraved plates and an
engraved frontispiece. Bound in old-ish marbled boards and pebbled cloth;
some cover soil and wear, spine a bit faded and soiled. Internally there
is a little soil, but overall a nice copy. [29726] $250.00


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