Lot n° 1243

IMBOTTI DE BEAUMONT, Louis L’ecuier françois qui enseigne a monter a cheual et a voltiger par une methode toute particuliere. 30 September 1679 Wid. Beaumont & A. Cellier, 8vo, marbled wr., [48 (of 49)] ff. (without typographic title; paper...

Estimation : 500 / 700
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
age-toned, somewhat spotted, stain at bottom of title). Good copy.
Extr. rare early (first ?) French treatise on vaulting and trick riding by the equerry Imbotti de Beaumont (d. 1679), inspired from William Cavendish. Engr. title and 35 numbered full-page engravings by Gabriel Ladame.
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