GUILLEMOT, Émile - Lot 129

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GUILLEMOT, Émile - Lot 129
GUILLEMOT, Émile Hunting, notes and sketches Pontpoint, Foy, 1887 VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A WORK ON ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENGINEERING CREW OF THE LATE 19th CENTURY, THAT OF THE FRANCPORT. ORIGINAL EDITION dedicated to Robert des Acres, Marquis de L'Aigle (1843-1931) In-folio (470 x 366mm). Large vignette on title page LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, on Japanese imperial paper, numbered and signed by the author. COLLATION and ILLUSTRATION: fully illustrated, 105 leaves of text and illustrations of large drawings of hunting and dogs by painter Émile Guillemot, reproduced by glyptography at Silvestre in Paris. SIGNED BINDING BY SAULNIER. Spine in red morocco with corners, gilded title on first board, spine ribbed, gilded head. PROVENANCE: Sosthène Hadengue (bookplate) -- Henri Viellard (bookplate) A detailed account of the life of a great crew, this work is of undoubted historical interest. The painter Guillemot (b. 1848), like the book's editor, Count Foy, was a member of the crew of the Francport. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thiébaud, 483
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