Author: Crépin, J.
Title: La chevre. Son histoire, son elevage pratique, ses bienfaits, ses services. Préface de M. Edmond Perrier.
Description: Paris, Hachette, 1906. 8vo (19.5 x 14.2 cm). 403 pp., 27 photographic plates (tissue-guarded). Contemporary red half morocco over matbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. = A well-illustrated work, usually found in wrappers. This however, being a very attractively bound copy. If interested in beautiful bindings and/or goats, this is a must. Written by the French agriculturist Joseph Crépin (1849-1943), not to be confused with his contemporary, the French painter, plumber and jazz musician Joseph Crépin (1875-1948). Bookplate of A. Jouffray "A l'aventure" mounted on front pastedown. Save for a few light spots on the first and last few leaves internally clean and fresh. A very good copy.

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