Lot n° 1354

Horsemanship - EISENBERG, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von - L’art de monter à cheval ou Description du manége moderne dans sa perfection, expliqué par des leçons necessaires, & représenté par des figures exactes, depuis l’assiette de l’homme...

Estimation : 1500 / 1500
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
à cheval, jusqu’à l’arrest, accompagné aussi de divers mords pour bien brider les chevaux (...) gravé par B. Picart.
The Hague, P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1733
oblong folio, cont. sheep (rubbed, worn at edges, front joint splitting, 1 flyleaf loose), spine on 5 raised bands, marbl. endpapers, engr. front., 4 pr. ff., 55 engr. ff. (53 with facing pr. text), 1 text f., 4 engr. ff. (with 7 ills), pr. table (paper age-toned, occ. minor offsetting). Very good copy. 2nd ed. (1st London 1727) of the main work of Eisenberg (1695-1770), stable master of George II of England, engraved by the famous Picart (1673-1733). Engr. ills : front., 55 pl. & 4 pl. with 7 ills. “The 55 beautiful plates accurately illustrating seven horse breeds and the various positions of the rider during horse training and dressage, are accompanied by short descriptions” (Dejager). Title in red & black. Cont. ownership entry on front.
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