(Equitation - Hippisme) TOUCHSTONE (Georges-Aimé... - Lot 172 - Richard Maison de ventes

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(Equitation - Hippisme) TOUCHSTONE (Georges-Aimé... - Lot 172 - Richard Maison de ventes
(Equitation - Hippisme) TOUCHSTONE (Georges-Aimé Teyssier des Forges, known as S.-F.) : Racehorses. Pedigree - Description - History. 60 color portraits by V.-J. Cotlison, L. Pénicaut and Le Nail. Text decorated with 182 vignettes by Crafty, Cotlison, Le Nail, Arsenius, Pénicaut, Cousturier, etc. Paris, J. Rothschild, 1889. One volume. 35.5 by 24.5 cm (Italian format). XXV-(1)-165 pp. + 60 chromolithograph plates, each with a captioned serpente on pink paper (complete). Modern half brown basane with corners, illustrated covers and spine preserved. Binding in very good condition. The covers and the spine preserved have some soiling, and even some small lacks for the spine (all without any gravity). This is the only defect of this copy. Numbered first edition, printed at 1100 copies. A second title opposite bears: History of the English and French thoroughbred stallions and the most famous French mares having appeared on the turf from 1764 to 1887. A former French officer, Teyssier des Forges wrote several important works on horses.
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