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Rare and modern books

Malingié-Nouel, Edouard (Rosa Bonheur, Illustrator)

Considérations sur les bêtes à laine au milieu de XIXe siècle, et notice sur la race de la charmoise

printed by Firmin Didot for Dusacq, 1851

495.00 €

Cole & Contreras Books

(Sitges, Spain)

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Year of publication
1851
Place of printing
Paris
Author
Malingié-Nouel, Edouard (Rosa Bonheur, Illustrator)
Publishers
printed by Firmin Didot for Dusacq
Keyword
coleillus coleantiq sheep farming animal husbandry wool rosa, bonheur painter
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

First and only edition of this rare study of wool-bearing animals, especially the charmoise sheep, a breed developed by the author. 79 pp plus four full-page lithographed plates, three of which are CHARMING DEPICTIONS OF SHEEP, ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY SOULANGE-TESSIER AFTER ROSA BONHEUR, the most celebrated female painter of the 19th century. 4to. Attractively bound in 19th-century quarter morocco and decorated boards. Some spotting of text pages caused by impurities in paper. The lithographs, on far superior paper, are fine and bright. Rare.
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