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[GARSAULT, Franois Alexandre Pierre de. Art du Paumier - Raquetier, et de la Paume, Paris: 1767]. 2 (402 x 257mm.), 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lacotte, one leaf of explanation of plates (lacking title, foreword and text), modern calf-backed marbled boards.
These plates, depicting real tennis, are extracted from Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopdie ou Dictionnaire raisonn des sciences, des arts et des metiers.
These plates, depicting real tennis, are extracted from Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopdie ou Dictionnaire raisonn des sciences, des arts et des metiers.