Original lithographs of Cattle Breeds published 1862, ‘Taureau Parthenais’,
Based on cattle at the Universal Agricultural Exhibition of 1856 in Paris.
Printed by Lemercier of Paris.
£300 each
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Published for ‘Les Races bovines au concours universel agricole de Paris en 1856. Etudes zootechniques publiees par ordre de s. exc. le ministre de l’agriculture du commerce et des travaux publics’ Famed in black with a cream coloured mount.
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