Race Essex. Truie de race Essex, âgée de 29 mois, présentée par Mr. Ponsard, à Omey (Marne) Richebourg, Pierre-Ambrose  (French, 1810-1893)

An official French government publication documenting regional agricultural competitions for livestock, implements, and agricultural products. Issued by the Imprimerie Impériale, it features plates based on daguerreotypes depicting prize-winning animals. This volume represents an early integration of photographic illustration within official state reports and reflects the early authority granted to photography as a tool for documentation and promotion—before the technical challenges of photographic reproduction in print were fully resolved.

Ministère de l’Agriculture et du Commerce. Concours d’animaux reproducteurs, d’instruments, machines, ustensiles ou appareils à l’usage de l’industrie agricole et de divers produits de l’agriculture tenus à Avignon, Blois, Cahors, Chaumont, Saint-Brieuc, Alençon, Mâcon, Mont-de-Marsan, Niort et Versailles en 1858. Imprimerie Impériale, 1859.

References

France. Ministère de l’Agriculture. Concours d’animaux reproducteurs. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1859.