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EUGENE CHAPUS AND EDOUARD FOURNIER
Le Jeu de Paume son histoire et sa description. Paris: Didier, 1862. 4to. (27.3 x 21.2cm), half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 albumen prints mounted on grey card and numbered as 16 plates (inner margin of title adhering to frontispiece, frontispiece slightly stained on verso, title thumb-soiled), original red cloth, front cover with gilt title surmounting a motif of crossed rackets and balls, title repeated on spine (some ink staining on covers, extremities worn). Exhibited: The Queen's Club, 2004, no. 310.
RARE. ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORIES OF THE GAME, THE FIRST TENNIS BOOK AFTER LUKIN AND THE FIRST TO USE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. Among them are photographs of Barre (seen above), Biboche and Edmund Tompkins, the exterior of the court at the Tuileries Gardens, and an intriguing form of outdoor tennis involving clusters of players on a wide area of grass. The contents are wide-ranging, even including a poem by Bajot on longue paume. A good summary of the work is given by Noel and Clark (pp. 289-291) who say of Fournier's "notice": "nothing more valuable as a contribution to the history of tennis in early times has ever been written". Although Chapus compiled the book, his name does not appear on the title. The generous margins and method of illustration suggest that it was intended for a small luxury market. There is also an edition of the same date in a smaller octavo format with 6 plates. Garnett p. 293; Henderson p. 191.
Le Jeu de Paume son histoire et sa description. Paris: Didier, 1862. 4to. (27.3 x 21.2cm), half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 albumen prints mounted on grey card and numbered as 16 plates (inner margin of title adhering to frontispiece, frontispiece slightly stained on verso, title thumb-soiled), original red cloth, front cover with gilt title surmounting a motif of crossed rackets and balls, title repeated on spine (some ink staining on covers, extremities worn). Exhibited: The Queen's Club, 2004, no. 310.
RARE. ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORIES OF THE GAME, THE FIRST TENNIS BOOK AFTER LUKIN AND THE FIRST TO USE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. Among them are photographs of Barre (seen above), Biboche and Edmund Tompkins, the exterior of the court at the Tuileries Gardens, and an intriguing form of outdoor tennis involving clusters of players on a wide area of grass. The contents are wide-ranging, even including a poem by Bajot on longue paume. A good summary of the work is given by Noel and Clark (pp. 289-291) who say of Fournier's "notice": "nothing more valuable as a contribution to the history of tennis in early times has ever been written". Although Chapus compiled the book, his name does not appear on the title. The generous margins and method of illustration suggest that it was intended for a small luxury market. There is also an edition of the same date in a smaller octavo format with 6 plates. Garnett p. 293; Henderson p. 191.
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