HUNTING]. SESMAISONS (Count G. de)] - Lot 227

HUNTING]. SESMAISONS (Count G. de)] Hunting book. Season of 1899/1900. Volume I In French, manuscript on paper France, 1899-1908 141 pp + [24] pp. unencrypted, instructed head to tail ("Chasses à Courre"), manuscript on paper, brown ink, ink drawing opposite title (Hunting dog bringing a bird back to the forest). Bound in full brown morocco, smooth spine, gilt fillets on the boards, gilt edges, inner garland. Dimensions: 150 x 215 mm. The hunter indicates his movements (names of castles and owners, e.g. Château de Serrant/Duc de la Témoille; Château de Grange-Colombe/Comte Potocki; Château de Dampierre/Duc de Luynes; Château de Voisins/Comte de Fels; Château de Bourron/Comte L de Montesquieu; the count of animals killed; table of contents (Recapitulation); hunting with hounds. The de Sesmaisons family fonds is kept at the AD de Loire-Atlantique. The de Sesmaisons family is a noble family from Brittany.