La Vie a la Campagne

Chasse, Peche. Courses, Haras. Nouvelles, Beaux-Arts. Agriculture. Acclimatation. Amélioration des Races. Pisciculture. Régates. Voyages. Bains de Mer. Eaux Thermales. Gymnastique Escrime etc. Paris. Charles Furne. 1861-1864. The first six issues of this magazine. Uniformly bound, 4to, blue half cloth hardcover. Marbled endpapers, 6x title with vignette in woodcut, complete with countless woodcuts in the text, and 60 full-page lithographs, 4 of which in colour, ca. 2400 pp. text. Binding trifle scratched, interior with brown stains.

Interesting series. Probably published in 20 volumes, but even the Bibliothèque Nationale de France does not have the complete series. (total 6)