Combat du Taureau.

£6,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

signed by the author A striking set of plates graphically depicting the stages of a traditional bullfight. Particular attention is paid to the anatomical correctness of the bull, alive or dead. A manuscript letter signed by Jean Victor Adam is tipped in. Jean Victor Adam (1801-1866) was a celebrated artist who started to receive commissions for works from the age of eighteen. This work of his is considered one of the great depictions of the bullfight. First edition; landscape folio (35 x 48 cm); 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates heightened in gum arabic after Adam, French and Spanish captions, signed letter tipped onto reverse of front free end-paper, a couple of spots to pp. 3 and 4 otherwise clean and bright internally; later half blue morocco, marbled boards with gilt morocco title label to upper board, spine banded in six compartments, boards a little rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. Palau 2598.

• Binding: Hardcover

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