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El Toreo: Gran Diccionario Tauromaquico
J. Sanchez de Neira
1879
Imprenta Y Libreria de Miguel Guijarro : Madrid
9.5" by 6.5"
512; 635pp.
SUMMARY
A smart complete two volume set of this dictionary of bullfighting terms, in the original Spanish.
Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
Spanish.
Complete in two volumes.
Volume one is illustrated with twenty-five portrait plates. Volume two is illustrated with sixty-four plates. Collated complete.
A dictionary of bullfighting terms and phrases, providing details of the origin, history, and influence of the sport, as well as a defence of bullfighting.
Includes detailed explanations of the execution of various skills ad techniques, biographical sketches of famous fighters, reviews of important sporting events, and the various national holidays in which the sport is performed. With reference to the care and training of livestock.
Written by Jose Sanchez de Neira, a Spanish bullfighting writer and journalist.
CONDITION
In the original quarter cloth binding with green boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Boards lightly buckled. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. The odd small tide mark to the plates with light age toning to the extremities.
Overall Condition: Very Good
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Overall Condition
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