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SECOND EMPIRE.
JADIN, Emmanuel & Godefroy.
The Emperor’s House. The Vénerie 1852–1870.
Paris, Goupil & Cie, Manzel, Joyant & Cie, 1905.
Fees include commission and taxes.
The Emperor’s House. The Vénerie 1852–1870.
Paris, Goupil & Cie, Manzel, Joyant & Cie, 1905.
Folio (48 x 36 cm), (5)-40-(1) pp., text in red and black with black engravings, in a blue slipcase printed with the great arms, in a green Empire morocco flap binding decorated with the publisher’s mark, lined with navy moiré silk and ivory silk, cardboard slipcase lined with red velvet, all in an Empire green percaline slipcase lined with marbled paper (in good overall condition, with minor wear to the binding and slipcase, slight marginal browning, a few scattered foxing spots, and a few corners where the edges are slightly torn).
Schwerdt, I, p. 263.
An exceptional and extremely rare book on hunting.
Limited edition of 100 copies, 90 of which are printed on Marais vellum paper; this is copy no. 81.
Enriched with a letter from L. Carteret on the letterhead of his bookshop, L. Conquet Editions de luxe. Rare and Curious Books, Rue Drouot. 4 November 1910. Carteret offers to sell Le Jadin to Paul Desbordes, in Avize in the Marne, and awaits his reply. With stamped letterhead envelope.
Provenance: Paul Desbordes (1862–1943), hunter and bibliophile, of the Piqu'Avant Champagne hunting club (1910–1936) – La Desbordes (Dessalien) by Piqu'Avant Orléans.
Acquired at a sale at the Hôtel Drouot on 24 June 1932. (handwritten note with contemporary sale catalogue entry pasted in: “I acquired mine for 200 or 250 around 1908”).
Text: (3) ff. half-title with print details on the reverse, title and dedication by Jadin to Prince Murat, 40-(1) pp., 2 black-on-chine engravings applied: DETAIL. Edouard. Napoleon III at the Camp de Châlons; JADIN, E. Dog handler calling the dogs.
Plates: 9 colour engravings (18 x 31.5 cm; sheet: 44.5 x 33.5 cm) signed ‘Jadin fils’ within the image, each mounted on a cardboard backing and passe-partout with a titled border printed in black and red (including dates and locations of the hunts), facsimile of the original pastels by Emmanuel Jadin based on his own studies and the drawings and sketches of his father Godefroy Jadin.
Kennel, hounds, pack, St Hubert’s Mass, hallali, hunt, Fontainebleau, Rambouillet…
The title bands bear the names of the people or roles depicted. Remnants of the original tissue paper wrapping.
Publisher’s binding signed Durvand.
“Long out of print and very rare” (Thiébaud, 516).