![ADAM, Victor. L'Hippodrôme au coin du feu. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [c. 1845]. Oblong 2° (289 x 402mm). Lithographic title and 16 plates, all hand-coloured, after Adam. (Very faint dampstain in the bottom margin of a few plates, one short marginal tear.) Publisher's black cloth (extremities rubbed, endpapers spotted).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0120_000(adam_victor_lhippodrome_au_coin_du_feu_paris_arnauld_de_vresse_c_1845114513).jpg?w=1)
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ADAM, Victor. L'Hippodrôme au coin du feu. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [c. 1845]. Oblong 2° (289 x 402mm). Lithographic title and 16 plates, all hand-coloured, after Adam. (Very faint dampstain in the bottom margin of a few plates, one short marginal tear.) Publisher's black cloth (extremities rubbed, endpapers spotted).
FIRST EDITION. Subjects include jousting and historical scenes, a steeple chase, ladies racing, and a race with monkey jockeys. Menessier de la Lance I, p. 6: 'Les chevaux de Victor Adam ... sont souvent élégants et gracieux et ont parfois un mouvement endiablé'.
FIRST EDITION. Subjects include jousting and historical scenes, a steeple chase, ladies racing, and a race with monkey jockeys. Menessier de la Lance I, p. 6: 'Les chevaux de Victor Adam ... sont souvent élégants et gracieux et ont parfois un mouvement endiablé'.