Lot 21
Horses.- Tacquet (Jean) Philippica ou Haras de cheuaux, Antwerp, R. Bruneau, 1614
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Horses.- Tacquet (Jean) Philippica ou Haras de cheuaux, engraved title (torn, repaired and laid down with some loss to margins and possibly obscuring text on verso), engraved portrait (torn at head and laid down), double- and single-page plate, large folding plate dissected with text laid down on rear endpapers and image (with repaired tear) tipped in, bookplate of Sir William Stirling to front pastedown, later vellum, yapp edges, some staining, 4to, Antwerp, R. Bruneau, 1614.
⁂ Rare first edition of the first work on horse breeding and management of stud farms in French.
Description
Horses.- Tacquet (Jean) Philippica ou Haras de cheuaux, engraved title (torn, repaired and laid down with some loss to margins and possibly obscuring text on verso), engraved portrait (torn at head and laid down), double- and single-page plate, large folding plate dissected with text laid down on rear endpapers and image (with repaired tear) tipped in, bookplate of Sir William Stirling to front pastedown, later vellum, yapp edges, some staining, 4to, Antwerp, R. Bruneau, 1614.
⁂ Rare first edition of the first work on horse breeding and management of stud farms in French.
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