L'art de conduire e d'atteler Autrefois - Aujoud'hui

Features

Author:  Faverot de Kerbrech

Publisher:  Librairie R. Chapelot et C.ie

Place of printing:  Paris

Year of publication:  1903

Product Condition:
Magnificent full leather binding: noble coat of arms in gold and dry framing with two threads on the front plate, gold title on the back with 5 nerves, rich golden frieze to frame the counter plates; binding in good condition: some slight signs of pressure and discoloration on the plates. Golden upper cut, traces of dust to the cuts. On the counterplate label with Ex Libris of Prince Constantin Radziwill with noble coat of arms. Well preserved, slightly burnished papers.

Pages:  XIII, 489, (3)

Format:  In fourth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  37
Width:  30

Description

Important monograph dedicated to the carriages of Général Baron Faverot de Kerbrech, cavalry officer and squire of Emperor Napoleon III: in the first part an excursus on the past, from antiquity to the nineteenth century; in the second part a detailed description of everything related to the world of carriages: models, types of horse attacks, crews, liveries, up to the rules for the composition of the processions of reigning princes. The volume is amply illustrated by numerous engravings and photographs n.t. and f.t. and from 16 tablets in color and in black / white f.t, also double, with tissues. Our specimen is further embellished by an illustrious provenance: as evidenced by the beautiful Ex Libris of Prince Constantin Radziwill and the gold coat of arms on the front plate, it comes from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville, historic home of the Marquis De Girardin family, famous for having been the scene of the death of the philosopher Rousseau, who was later buried in the park of the castle; sold at auction on 8 October 1878, the castle had been bought by Marie-Charlotte Hensel, widow of the wealthy businessman Francois Blanc, and given as a dowry to his daughter Louise, wife of our Prince Constantin Radziwill. The couple's son, Leon, was a friend of Marcel Proust and the main model for the figure of Robert de Saint-Loup in the Recherche

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