VAUX, Ludovic Le Grand, baron de - Lot 228

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VAUX, Ludovic Le Grand, baron de - Lot 228
VAUX, Ludovic Le Grand, baron de The Great Guns of France. History - Portraits - Castles - Habits of hunting birds. Chasse au Marais, plaine et bois - Cuisine du chasseur Paris, J. Rothschild éditeur, 1898 A FORMIDABLE ANTHOLOGY OF THE GREAT FRENCH HUNTS AND THE BEST RIFLES OF THE TIME. A COPY BY COMTE JUSTINIEN CLARY, CONSIDERED "THE BEST RIFLE IN FRANCE", AND WHICH PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OLYMPISM. ORIGINAL EDITION In-folio (358 x 277mm). Title printed in red and black on the binding, false-title and title in red and black. ISSUE: HEAD EDITION, one of fifty on japon, this one numbered 7, nominative and presented by Baron de Vaux to Count J. Clary. ILLUSTRATION: 50 chromolithographs printed in color and 260 illustrations in the text. PUBLISHER'S BINDING. Brown chagrin spine and corners, boards and entre-nerfs decorated with an illustration bearing the title, illustrated cover preserved, gilt head. PROVENANCE: Count Justinien Clary (1860-1933), France's first rifleman, bronze medalist at the 1900 Olympic Games. Binding damaged. Some spotting and foxing. BIBILIOGRAPHY: Thiébaud, 923-924
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