[TAUROMACHIE] GUERRITA. La Tauromaquia. - Lot 65

[TAUROMACHIE] GUERRITA. La Tauromaquia. Important study on bullfighting directed by the bullfighter Guerrita. Madrid, Mariano Nunez Samper, [1895]. 2 volumes in 2 volumes in-4, half red morocco basane, smooth spines with gilt fillets and fleurons. 983 pp. ; 1447 pp. Covers rubbed and spidering to spines. Some yellowing inside. Extensive study of bullfighting by Leopoldo Vazquez, Luis Gandullo and Leopoldo Lopez de Saa under the direction of Rafael Guerra Guerrita (1862-1941), one of the greatest bullfighters of the 19th century. The study covers the history of bullfighting and its rules, lavishly illustrated with black photographs and a facsimile of one of Guerrita's letters. The second volume contains extensive biographies of famous bullfighters. Stamped bookplate from the bullfighting library of Louis Tourel, a bullfighting journalist who wrote under the pen name "del Fuego". An unusual work.