Lot 15
Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, J. Brindley, 1743
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, half-title, additional double-page engraved title in French (imprint Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658), 42 double-page engraved equestrian plates, 20 engraved anatomical, equipment and veterinary plates in part 2 (12 printed in bistre, 2 double-page), engraved vignettes and historiated initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, occasional light browning, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century half calf, arms and motto of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, extremities rubbed, [Nissen, ZBI 849], folio, J. Brindley, 1743.
⁂ The second volume comprises "The Perfect Knowledge of Horses", the first appearance in English of Gaspard de Saunier's Parfaite connoissance des chevaux.
Description
Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, half-title, additional double-page engraved title in French (imprint Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658), 42 double-page engraved equestrian plates, 20 engraved anatomical, equipment and veterinary plates in part 2 (12 printed in bistre, 2 double-page), engraved vignettes and historiated initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, occasional light browning, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century half calf, arms and motto of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, extremities rubbed, [Nissen, ZBI 849], folio, J. Brindley, 1743.
⁂ The second volume comprises "The Perfect Knowledge of Horses", the first appearance in English of Gaspard de Saunier's Parfaite connoissance des chevaux.
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