May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 171

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

F.V. (DATES UNKNOWN)

JOURNÉE CANTONALE VAUDOISE DE GYMNASTIQUE. 1917.


39½x28½ inches, 100¼x72½ cm. Vaney-Burnier, Lausanne.
Condition B+: replaced losses and repaired tears in margins; repaired tears, creases and restoration in image and along vertical and horizontal folds; slight discoloration in text.

The first Swiss gymnastics society was created in Bern in 1816. In the canton of Vaud, societies were founded from 1835 in Lausanne, Yverdon (1850), Sainte-Croix (1851), Vevey (1855), Nyon and Morges (1857).