Nouveau traité des serins de canarie [...]. Seconde édition, revûë, corrigée et augmentée de plusieurs choses très-utiles par le même auteur.

12mo: [20]-356-[13] pp.; 2 pl. (occ. foxing or soiling, marg. tear to p. 303 without loss).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (wormholes and one wormtrack, sl. rubbed, head def.).

Second edition (1st: 1709) of the first treatise on canary breeding by the French naturalist J.-C. Hervieux de Chanteloup (1683-1747). Illustrated with 2 plates (birdcages and musical scores showing melodies that may be taught to birds).
Ref. Ronsil 1374. - Not in Nissen (ZBI).