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two books sitting on top of a table next to each otheran open book with a picture of a man in a red coatan open book with a picture of a man riding on a horsean open book with a picture of a man riding a horsea book with a picture of a woman in a yellow dressan open book with a drawing of a man on a horsean open book with a drawing of a man on a horsean open book with a pencil in it sitting on a tablea book that has a picture of a horse on it
Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand

27 - VALLET (Louis): 2 bound volumes:
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Estimate €150 - €250
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VALLET (Louis): 2 bound volumes: - Across Europe. Cavalry Sketches. Preface by Mr Roger de Beauvoir. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1893, large quarto, XVI pp. – 300 pp. – 1 folio – vignettes and 50 plates. Publisher’s binding in midnight blue half-shagreen, corners, lettering and ‘Cossack-style’ gilt embossing on the front cover, faux ribs, front cover intact, gilt head, untrimmed. - Spine very slightly faded, a fine copy. First edition illustrated with numerous vignettes based on the author’s drawings and 50 colour plates, with captioned illustrations. European horsemen at the end of the 19th century, described and faithfully depicted. (Mennessier II, 599). - Le Chic à cheval. A Picturesque History of Horse Riding. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1891, large quarto, XI pp. – 274 pp. – 50 plates. Publisher’s board binding in sky-blue cloth, gilt title and palladium-plated horseshoe on the front cover, trimmed edges, blank spine. – Small pinholes on the half-title page, the reverse of the frontispiece and the edges; otherwise in good condition. First edition, illustrated with numerous vignettes based on the author’s drawings and 50 colour plates, with captioned serpents. The aesthetics of the horseman through the ages. (Mennessier II, 599).
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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