Albert Firmin-Didot — Les Loups Et la Louveterie

Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce French treatise on wolf hunting by Albert Firmin-Didot. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original French.A treatise on wolf hunting, leading with Jean de la Fontaine's assertion that "the wolf is the common enemy".With chapters dedicated to ancient hunting, wolf hunting under Napoleon I, and during the Restoration, the functions of the wolf hunting lieutenants, individual hunting permits, laws relating to wolf hunting, and more.By Albert Firmin-Didot.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Rebound in a modern cloth binding, with renewed endpapers. Externally, smart, with a couple of light marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .