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Title L'hippodrome au coin du feu |
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Published, Date A. de Vresse, Parisnd [c.1840] |
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Description Landscape folio (30 x 42 cm), lacks title-page, 16 hand-coloured lithographed plates, all with captions and decorative borders, (10 plates with some spotting, mainly marginal), one plate with one cm tear in margin not affecting the plate, paper on front pastedown wrinkled, bookseller's label, bound in original blue gilt decorated cloth; overall an attractive copy. |
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Note A fine example of Adam's expertise in lithography. The plates depict a variety of unusual equestrian racing scenes including female chariot racing and monkeys riding horseback. Victor Adam (1801-1867) was originally employed as painter for the Museum at Versailles. However he decided to concentrate on the art of lithography in the 1840s and this scarce album is typical of his work. |
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References Not in Schwerdt, Lipperheide or Colas. Benezit |
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Stock Number 86326 |
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