VAVON (Antoine). The trout, its habits, the art of fishing. - Lot 302

VAVON (Antoine). The trout, its habits, the art of fishing. Drawings by COUSYN and CLERIN. Off-text color plates by CLERIN, DAUMAIN and FADDEGON. Etampes, Dormann et Cerf, 1927; in-4, paperback. 377 pp. Spine rubbed. Illustrated with 71 black in-text figures and 12 color plates. Numerous black caps and headbands. An original edition of 650 copies, one of 600 on Dujardin paper, with a dedication by the author at the justification, and enriched by a typescript letter signed by Vavon overprinted with a note in his hand congratulating his correspondent on the catch of a salmon. "The most beautiful book ever published on trout fishing", according to our excellent colleague Philippe Lucas.