Hunting in the English town of Pau [SALVERTE... - Lot 35 - Briscadieu

Hunting in the English town of Pau [SALVERTE (Charles de under the pseudonym of Thya Hillaud) - HOWTH earl of] Leicestershire in France or the Field at Pau by the earl of HOWTH. Translated from the English by THYA HILLAUD followed by Les P.H. Modernes sous le Mastership de C.H. RIDGWAY (on the cover:) Illustrations after ARSENIUS, E. JACQUE, Bn H. de VAUFRELAND. Paris, Nourry, Legoupy (Pau, Vignancour, Maurin succr.), 1907. In-4: 122pp, 3f; frontispiece and illustrations in text. Uncut copy. Paperback, publisher's cream cover The cover serves as the title for the detail. Witness to a time when Pau was still "Ville Anglaise" and even at that time "ville américaine", and boasted a red livery crew. The same year, SALVERTE published "Notes Brèves sur la Chasse du Cerf d'Escape à Pau". The text by the Comte de HOWTH occupies the first 88 pages (Thiébaud 827).