Collection: Tauromachie

Two approaches structure this collection. The first, historical and local: Les courses de taureaux dans le Sud-Ouest de la France, Michel Le Grand, published in Mont-de-Marsan in 1934, traces a practice predating the Spanish corrida as it was imported in the 19th century. The second, bibliographical and scholarly, led by Auguste Lafront: his "Bibliographie de la presse taurine française 1887-1980" and his "Histoire de la corrida en France, du Second Empire à nos jours" are reference tools for anyone looking to date or locate a bullfighting document. The collection also includes illustrated pieces, such as "La fiesta du sang" by André Montagard, poems illustrated by Henry Couve in 1955, and local scholarly works on the bullrings of the Southwest, from Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse to Nîmes. Bullfighting naturally overlaps with the Basque Country and Southwestand its festive dimension documented in Basque traditions and language, where the signed autograph dedications of certain bullfighting authors add a verified provenance value before cataloging.

The collection mainly covers the practice in the French Southwest, with reference works also dealing with Spanish bullfighting as it spread in France, notably through Auguste Lafront.

Yes, some copies bear an author's dedication, a provenance element that we systematically verify and indicate in the notice.

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