| Livre de chasse | |
|---|---|
 Ex Libris of the Morgan Library manuscript | |
| Also known as | Foix, Franc |
| Language(s) | French |
| Author(s) | Gaston III, Count of Foix also known as Gaston Fébus or Gaston Phoebus |
| Dedicated to | Philip the Bold |
The Livre de chasse is a medieval book on hunting, written between 1387 and 1389 by Gaston III, Count of Foix, also known as Fébus or Phoebus, and dedicated to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.[1] Fébus was one of the greatest huntsmen of his day and his treatise became the standard text on medieval hunting techniques. It was described by scholar, Hannele Klemettilä, as "one of the most influential texts of its era".[2]
The book has four parts:
- On Gentle and Wild Beasts
- On the Nature and Care of Dogs
- On Instructions for Hunting with Dogs
- On Hunting with Traps, Snares, and Crossbow[3]
- ^ d'Athenaise 2002, pp. 4–7.
- ^ Klemettilä 2015, p. 4.
- ^ "Hunting the Roebuck: Fol. 77v". The Morgan Library & Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2017.