Jacques Vettier - Markhors la quête ultime - 2017

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French-language hardback illustrated edition of Markhors la quête ultime by Jacques Vettier, a 201-page volume in a slipcase, published in 2017, in like-new condition, 30.5 x 25 cm, focusing on animals and natural history.

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A very beautiful illustrated album of sumptuous photos of breathtaking nature, grand trophies, and very rare animals on foot, seen through the eyes of the shikaris and an experienced hunter. More than 160 color photographs. Printed in a limited edition of only 750 copies, exhausted.

1 volume in quarto format in slipcase, 201 pages, like new.

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The author:
Dr. Jacques Vettier is one of the greatest contemporary French hunters, a specialist in high-mountain hunting in Central Asia.

The book:
A remarkable panorama of the different subspecies, their approach and their hunt, which rests on more than forty years of adventures in these hostile summits and their eminently dangerous and today inaccessible areas, as well as on the accounts of the great elders, the English gentlemen and the 19th-century explorer-hunters such as the Viscount de Poncins. A very beautiful illustrated album featuring sumptuous photos of a breathtaking nature, grand trophies and very rare animals on foot discerned, seen through the eye of the shikaris and the experienced hunter.

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Out of print.

A beautiful illustrated album featuring stunning photographs of breathtaking natural landscapes, impressive trophies, and rare animals captured on the move, as seen through the eyes of shikaris and an experienced hunter. Over 160 color photographs. Limited edition of only 750 copies.

1 large-format volume in slipcase, 201 pages, like new.

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The author:
Dr. Jacques Vettier is one of the greatest contemporary French hunters, a specialist in high-altitude hunting in Central Asia.

The book:
A remarkable overview of the various subspecies, their approach, and their hunt, drawing on over forty years of adventures in these hostile peaks and their eminently dangerous and now inaccessible areas, as well as on the accounts of the great elders, the English gentlemen, and the 19th-century explorer-hunters such as the Viscount de Poncins. A beautiful illustrated volume featuring sumptuous photographs of breathtaking natural landscapes, magnificent trophies, and rare animals captured on the move, as seen through the eyes of shikaris and an experienced hunter.

A very beautiful illustrated album of sumptuous photos of breathtaking nature, grand trophies, and very rare animals on foot, seen through the eyes of the shikaris and an experienced hunter. More than 160 color photographs. Printed in a limited edition of only 750 copies, exhausted.

1 volume in quarto format in slipcase, 201 pages, like new.

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The author:
Dr. Jacques Vettier is one of the greatest contemporary French hunters, a specialist in high-mountain hunting in Central Asia.

The book:
A remarkable panorama of the different subspecies, their approach and their hunt, which rests on more than forty years of adventures in these hostile summits and their eminently dangerous and today inaccessible areas, as well as on the accounts of the great elders, the English gentlemen and the 19th-century explorer-hunters such as the Viscount de Poncins. A very beautiful illustrated album featuring sumptuous photos of a breathtaking nature, grand trophies and very rare animals on foot discerned, seen through the eye of the shikaris and the experienced hunter.

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Out of print.

A beautiful illustrated album featuring stunning photographs of breathtaking natural landscapes, impressive trophies, and rare animals captured on the move, as seen through the eyes of shikaris and an experienced hunter. Over 160 color photographs. Limited edition of only 750 copies.

1 large-format volume in slipcase, 201 pages, like new.

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The author:
Dr. Jacques Vettier is one of the greatest contemporary French hunters, a specialist in high-altitude hunting in Central Asia.

The book:
A remarkable overview of the various subspecies, their approach, and their hunt, drawing on over forty years of adventures in these hostile peaks and their eminently dangerous and now inaccessible areas, as well as on the accounts of the great elders, the English gentlemen, and the 19th-century explorer-hunters such as the Viscount de Poncins. A beautiful illustrated volume featuring sumptuous photographs of breathtaking natural landscapes, magnificent trophies, and rare animals captured on the move, as seen through the eyes of shikaris and an experienced hunter.

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Animals, Natural History
Book title
Markhors la quête ultime
Author/ Illustrator
Jacques Vettier
Condition
As new
Publication year oldest item
2017
Height
30.5 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
25 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
201
FranceVerified
2361
Objects sold
99.56%
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