an old book on a white table with a black and red titlean old picture of a group of animals in a wooded areaan open book sitting on top of a table next to a cup of coffeean old book with writing on it with a picture of a birdan old photo of a dog standing in front of a windowan old photo of a dog and a cat laying on a porchan old photo of a dog and a cat playing with each othertwo dogs that are sitting next to each other on the grounda man standing next to a horse in front of a brick wallan old photo of a group of dogs sitting in front of a brick buildinga lot of dogs that are standing in the grassa drawing of a dog and a cat sitting on the ground
Maître Philippe AMIGUES - Hotel des Ventes du Tarn

179 - 179- LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU (Baron Jean-Emmanuel-Hector): ‘…
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Estimate €300 - €500
Description
179- LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU (Baron Jean-Emmanuel-Hector): ‘La Chasse du Loup’ Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie de Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, 1861. Quarto, paperback, complete with all 8 plates photographed from life by Messrs CRÉMIÈRE, HANFSTAENGL and PLATEL. Copy No. 87/150 with the author’s AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE. A few foxing spots. Publisher’s printed cover on a green background (minor paper losses at the top and bottom edges). Ex-libris bearing the coat of arms of Gabriel DE LACGER (a family from the Tarn region). In satisfactory condition overall. A VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of this hunting book, which is one of the first to be illustrated with photographic reproductions.
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About the sale Antique and modern books – comic books
Auction location
Auction time 10/22/2026 at 10:30 AM
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