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BAUDEMENT (Émile).
Cattle breeds at the Universal... - Lot 16 - Ader
BAUDEMENT (Émile).
Cattle breeds at the Universal Agricultural Competition of Paris in 1856. Zootechnical studies published by order of His Excellency the Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works.
Paris : imprimerie impériale, 1861-1862 [1864]. - 2 volumes in oblong folio, dark green half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding).
First edition of this work, the most important one published on European and Russian cattle breeds, composed by Émile Baudement (1816-1863), professor of zoology applied to agriculture and industry, which remained unfinished.
It consists of two volumes. The first, dated 1862, includes Baudement's introduction, consisting of an explanatory note of the different bovine breeds that were presented at the first universal agricultural contest organized in France in 1856. This introduction is preceded by a report to the Minister of Agriculture by De Monny de Mornay, dated March 15, 1864. This date indicates that the publication of the work was posthumous and that the years indicated on the titles are erroneous. This first volume also contains at the end 5 maps engraved on steel in colors out of text.
The other volume, dated 1861, gathers 87 superb plates on chine collé, showing the different specimens of bovine breeds presented at the competition. As the author explains at the end of his introduction, he had photographs made for these plates by Nadar jeune, which were reproduced in drawings by great artists such as Rose Bonheur, Barye, Troyon, etc. and then engraved according to different methods by several engravers, including Riffaut, who was to have done the entire work but whose premature death prevented him from finishing; he nevertheless designed 56 of the 87 plates.
Rubbing from use to the bindings, corners dulled, one cap damaged. Occasionally heavy staining in both volumes and in the bindings, affecting the text, the maps and the paper supporting the plates, but very rarely reaching the engravings themselves.
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