GAYOT, Eugène; Hippolyte Lalaisse (artist).
Administration des Haras. Atlas statistique de la production des chevaux en France.
Stock Code
86411
Paris, Paul Dupont, 1850
£4,750
Description
First edition. Large folio (61.5 x 44 cm). Title, [4] introduction, 27 hand-coloured engraved maps and 55 lithographs on india paper on 31 sheets, each map accompanied with printed leaves of text; bookseller's printed overslip ('Paris [...] Vve. Bouchard-Huzard') pasted onto date of title page, a few maps lightly browned, some spotting, mostly marginal. Contemporary green half morocco, gilt rules to covers, spine with raised bands gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers; neatly rebacked preserving spine, neat repairs to extremities.
Bibliography
Huth p.172.
Stock ID:86411
