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One of the most important military treatises of the 17th century View picture(s) 1 BASTA, Conte d'Hust, Giorgio. Il governo della cavalleria leggiera: Trattato che concerne anchi quanto basta alla grave per intelligenza de capitani. Oppenheim, Jeronimo Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry, 1616. Small folio. Contemporary limp vellum. With richly engraved allegorical title-border, full-page portrait of the author, and numerous illustrations of fortified military camps, and march- and battle-arrays of the cavalry on 12 double-page engraved plates, including 2 folding, by Johann Theodor de Bry. 8, 73, [11] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Engravings  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An aristocratic view on horsemanship View picture(s) 2 CAVENDISH, William. Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux. Oeuvre auquel on apprend à travailler les chevaux selon la nature, et à parfaire la nature par la subtilité de l'art. Traduit de l'Anglois. Seconde edition. (ed. par La Guérinière). London, J. Brindley, 1737. Large folio (46 x 28 cm). Contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco title label, gilt triple fillet border on sides. With a double-page title with date of first edition (Antwerp, 1658), 42 double-page plates, armorial engraving, all engraved, 52 woodcuts and numerous woodcut initials in text. [12], 236 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A French officer on Arabian horses View picture(s) 3 CHATELAIN, Rene Julian. Mémoire sur les chevaux Arabes. Paris, Madame Huzard (née Vallat la Chapelle), 1816. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco. With a frontispiece of a 'Cheval Arabe' after C. Vernet. 158 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arabia  Horses & Horsemanship  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An important and rare military work from the second half of the 18th century View picture(s) 4 DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Le Comte Louis Hector. Traité sur la cavalerie. Dresden, Brothers Walther, 1786. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments. With 62 folding engraved plates  (vol. 1: 58 figs. - numbered 1-54, incl. 47a-b, 48a-b, 53a-b, 54a-b - on 36 plates, numbered 1-34, incl. 27a-b, 28a-b; vol. 2: 26 plates, numbered 1-22, A-D). (12), 168; (6), 224 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cavalry  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With a portrait in commemoration of his beloved horse View picture(s) 5 EISENBERG, Friedrich Wilhelm Baron d'. La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo. Florence, Giuseppe Allegrini for the Stamperia Imperiale, 1753. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With engraved frontispiece with a different title, woodcut vignette on title printed in red and black, 119 figures on 22 full-page engraved plates, showing horses in several positions, folding engraved plate of a full horse. (4), CXLIII, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautiful collection of 17th century etchings View picture(s) 6 FLAMEN, Albert. Collection of 4 print-series and 2 etchings . Paris, (ca. 1640-1650). 4to. 19th century blue morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g. e. With 25 double-page etched plates, 4 series of resp. 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings. (25) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Natural History  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare first edition of a manual on horse training View picture(s) 7 GALIBERTO, Giovanni Battista di. Il cavallo da maneggio. Libro dove si tratta della nobilissima virtu del cavalcare, come il cavagliere deve star' à cavallo ... Diviso in tre parti, nella prima si tratta del conoscer li cavalli;  nella seconda il modo di cavalcare; nella terza il modo di medicar' ogni sorte d'infirmità, con tre tavole. Vienna, Giovan Giacomo Kyrner, 1650. Small folio (300 x 197 mm). Contemporary vellum, each side with a central coat of arms (front and back different: probably both members of the family of the Habsburg Kings of Hungary & Bohemia, perhaps Ferdinand III or IV), gold-tooled ornamental triple borders and corner pieces, leather ties, gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece; engraved coat of arms on verso of title-page, apparently of the dedicatee King Ferdinand IV of Hungary and Bohemia, with the motto "Arte, Virtute et Marte"; 56 engravings (30 in the text and 26 printed on 14 leaves (1 double-page plate indicates the anatomical parts of the horse)), depicting horse training scenes, harnesses, bridles, spurs etc.; woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials. [6], 107, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Bindings  Cavalry  Horses & Horsemanship  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Famous and enormously influential Italian work on horsemanship View picture(s) 8 GRISONE, Federico. Ordini di cavalcare, et modi di conoscere le nature de' cavalli, di emendare i lor vitii, & d'ammaestrargli per l'uso della guerra, & giovamento de gli huomini: con varie figure di morsi, secondo le bocche, & il maneggio che si uvol dar loro.- IDEM. Scielta di Natabili avvertimenti, pertinenti a' cavalli, distinta in tre libri. Nel primo si descreve quel che adoperar si deve per far razze eccellenti. Nel secondo spiegasi l'Anantomia de' Cavalli; & narransi le cause d'ogni loro interna indispositione, & le cure à lor necessarie. Nel terzo si ragiona della Chirurgia, & de' suoi effeti. Col ritratto del Cavallo: ove si veggono tutti i suoi morbi, co' medicamenti appicati  à loro. Venice, Andrea Muschio, 1610. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part. (12), 164; 70, (13) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare colour plate book on horses View picture(s) 9 HOFFMANN, Leonhard. Das Pferd in seinen Rassen, Gangarten und Farben. 32 in Farbendruck ausgeführte Abbildungen mit erläuterndem Text. Stuttgart, Kgl. Hofbuchdruckerei for Eugen Ulme, 1898. 2 vols. Plates: oblong 4to; text vol.: 8vo. The plates are kept loosely in original green cloth slipcase with decorated frontcover, together with the unbound text vol. With 32 beautiful chromo-lithographed plates of horses (12 x 16 cm), mounted on grey cardboard (20,5 x 26 cm) with captions and frame printed in reddish brown. Double-leaf 4to oblong with printed title and 'Inhalt der Abbildungen', textbook: IV, 92 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colour Platebooks  Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Splendid ceremonies at the Württemberg court at Stuttgart View picture(s) 10 HULSEN, Esaias von. Aigentliche Wahrhaffte Delineatio(n) unnd Abbildung aller Fürstlichen Auffzüg und Rütterspilen. Bey deß ... Herren Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württemberg, und Teck, Graven zu Montpelgart Herren zu Haydenheim, etz ... jungen Printzen und Sohns Herzog Ulrichen wohlangestellterr Fürstlichen Kindtauff und dann bey ... Iro F. G. geliebten Herren Bruoders desz ... Fürsten und Herren, Herren Lüdwigen Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württemberg. etc: Mit der ... Furstin und Fräwlin Fraw Magdalena Elisabetha Landtgräffin ausz Hessen etc: Fürstlichem Beylager und Hochzeytlichem Frewdenfest celebriret und gehalten, in ... Stuetgartt. den 13. 14. 15. 16. unnd 17. Juij anno 1617. (Stuttgart), Esaias von Hulsen, (1618). Oblong 4to. Beautifully bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin, remnants of ties. Engraved allegorical title and 91 (out of 92: plate 51 is missing) numbered engraved plates, one of which is folding, 78 depicting people in costumes, dressed horses, floats, musicians etc. all taking part in different festivities like a ballet, fireworks and and other plays, and 13 engraved titles announcing the different spectacles, the texts of these titles are printed separately and pasted down, and are not part of the original engravings. As usual, plates 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 have engraved slips of paper pasted down on them with engraved large hearts ornamented with ears and eyes; to see the original engravings the slips of paper have to be lifted. Some of the engravings had been already used for Van Hulsen's 'Festzug' of 1616. 93 lvs. (title, dedication and 91 engravings). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Fireworks  Germany  Horses & Horsemanship  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Cavalry for beginners View picture(s) 11 LAIGLESIA Y DARRAC, Francisco de. Elementos de equitacion militar para el uso de la caballeria Española, escritos para los alumnos de la escuela militar de equitacion. Segunda edicion. Madrid, José M. Ducazcal, 1853. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt title on spine. With 13 engraved plates. VIII, 224 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Cavalry  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Horse training and equipment View picture(s) 12 LIEB, Christophorus and Simon de VRIES. Practica et arte di cavalleria, of oeffeningh en konst des rydens, leerende een berijder de paerden nae haer natuer en aert t'onderwijsen en af te richten... Met by-voegingh van een gebit-boeck. Utrecht, Johannes Ribbius, 1671. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, with gold-tooled spine and sides. With engraved frontispiece by G.G. v. Fenaem after Webber showing five scenes of lessons in horsemanship, woodcut of a horse on 2 title-pages (first title in red and black), first part with 2 half-page engravings and 25 woodcut illustrations in text, second part with 28 (20 outside collation) mostly full-page woodcut illustrations. [6], 150; [2], 20, [24] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Horses & Horsemanship  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Everything about horses, and more ... View picture(s) 13 LÖHNEISEN (LÖHNEYSS), Georg Engelhard. Neu-eröffnete Hof- Kriegs- und Reit-Schul. Das ist gründlicher Bericht della Cavalleria, oder von allen was zur Reuterey gehörig und einem Cavalier davon zu wissen gebühret. Nach den ersten Titul diese überaus rar-wordenes Buches, welches aber anjetzo in einen gantz andern Stand gesetzet, verneuert und mit ausführlichen schönen Noten, auch gantzen Capiteln vermehret und verbessert worden, so daß ein Cavalier, oder anderer Liebhaber der Pferde alles darinnen findet, was er von dem Geschlecht der Pferde, derer verschiedenen Arten, guten und bösen Eigenschafften, schöner und heßlicher Gestalt, Mängel und Gebrechen, nebst wolbewährten raren Arcanis und Recepten, wie selbige bald un glücklich zu curiren. Nicht weniger von Fort-pflanzung, Erziehung, Wart und künstlicher Abrichtung, denen hierzu dienlichen Zäumungs-mitteln, Stangen und Gebißen, zu wissen verlanget; so einem jeden, der mit Pferden umzugehen hat, vornehmlich Stall-meistern, Bereutern und Roß-aertzten sehr dienlich und nutzlich sein kan. Deme vorgestzet in denen ersten zweyen Theilen eine gründlich und richtige Anweisung wie man junge van Adel auferziehen soll daß sie entweder wohl qualificirte Hof-leute, gute Soldaten, oder verständige und kluge Oeconomos in ihrer eigenen Haußhaltung abgeben können. Nebst allen diesen wird gehandelt von denen Turnieren der Alten, Lanzenbrechen, Quintan-, Kopff- Ring- und Carrousel-Rennen; curieusen Inventionen, artigen Aufzügen, Schlittenfahrten und dergleichen. Nuremberg, Paul Lochner, 1729. 6 parts in 1 volume Folio. Later light brown chequered calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, blind and black fillet borders around a large gilt central ornament on both sides, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. With engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 6 interesting engraved headpieces and engraved initials, one to each part (the first with a portrait of the author in a roundel), engraved plate with coat of arms of the dedicatee 'Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Marggraffen zu Brandenburg', and 61 engraved plates, (9 double page, 52 full page). [28], 66; 96; 114; 136; 144; 104, [8 (of 10, last leaf of index missing)] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Engravings  German  Horses & Horsemanship  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare, complete copy of the famous work on horsemanship; with the original drawing for the second plate View picture(s) 14 RIDINGER, Johann Elias. Vorstellung der Pferde, nach ihren Hauptfarben, und derselben verschiedenen Abtheilungen, Complexion, und der daraus entspringenden  Beschaffenheit.-  Description du cheval, selon ses poils principaux, &  leurs diverses divisions, sa complexion, & les qualités qui en resultent. [Augsburg, Johann Elias Ridinger, 1770]. 4to. Contemporary marbled half calf, marbled boards, red edges. With engraved allegorical frontispiece showing a corner of a garden with the a calligraphed text, 50 full-page engraved plates with portraits of horses, mostly against a background of a woody landscape, some accompanied by a stableman or a gentleman; all plates, including title, beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand, sometimes heightened with white, all designed and engraved by Johann Elias Ridinger. 39 pp. text in parallel columns in German and French. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Colour Platebooks  Drawing & Painting  Drawings  Horses & Horsemanship  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the libraries of Guillaume de Lamoignon and Pierre Théodore Noël du Payrat View picture(s) 15 SAVARY, Jacques. (=Jacques TIMENT). Album hipponae sive hippodromi leges. Ad Christianissimum et invictissimum Galliae et Navarrae regem Ludovicum XIV Deo-Datum. Caen, Claudius Le Blanc, 1662. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt and decorated spine with pasted title label, sprinkled edges. With woodcut vignette on title, wood head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (2 blank, 6), 72, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Hunting  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Poem with the rules of tournaments and carrousels View picture(s) 16 SAVARY, Jacques. (=Jacques TIMENT). Album hipponae sive hippodromi leges. Ad Christianissimum et invictissimum Galliae et Navarrae regem Ludovicum XIV Deo-Datum. Caen, Claudius Le Blanc, 1662. 4to. 19th century boards, covered with marbled paper, red sprinkled edges. With woodcut vignette on title, and several woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (6), 2, 72 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Hunting  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Everything there is to know about horses View picture(s) 17 SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de. Le Parfait Mareschal, Qui Enseigne à connoitre la beauté, la bonté, & les défauts des Cheveaux. Le signes & les causes des Maladies: les moyens de les prévenir, leur guerison, & le bon ou mauvais usage de la Purgation & de la Saignée. Huitième edition. The Hague, Henry van Bulderen, 1691. 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt. With engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, and one folding engraved plate in the first part, and one engraved plate and 29 woodcut illustrations in text in the second part. (8), 359, (7); 250, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Classic in the field of hippology View picture(s) 18 SOLLEYSEL, Jaques de. Le parfait marechal, qui enseigne a connoitre la beauté, la bonté et les défauts des chevaux, les signes & les causes des maladies, les moyens de les prévenir, leur guérison, le bon ou mauvais usage de la purgation & de la saignée. La maniere de les conserver dans les voyages, de les nourrir, & de les panser selon l'ordre. La ferrure sur les desseins des fers, qui rétabliront les méchans pieds, & conserveront les bons. Ensemble un traité du haras pour élever de beaux & bons poulains, & les préceptes pour bien emboucher les chevaux. Avec les figures nécessaires. Nouvelle édition. augmentée d'un abregé de l'art de monter a cheval. Paris, Didot, Nyon Fils, Damonville and Savoye, 1754. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt with red morocco title label, gilt board edges, red painted edges. Engraved title, 2 folding engraved plates (one in each part) and 28 woodcut illustrations in text. (6), 512, (10); 406, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early treatise on female equitation View picture(s) 19 STIRLING-CLARKE, J. Le cheval et l'amazone. Traité complet de l'équitation des dames. Bruxelles, Paris, Leipzig, Widow Parent & sons, Auguste Goin, Ch. Muquardt, 1861. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With chromo-lithographed frontispiece, 3 chromo-lithographed plates and several woodcuts in the text. 234, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Lithographs  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very rare suite of 24 large beautifully lithographed plates of accidents with horses View picture(s) 20 STRASSGSCHWANDTNER, Anton (Joseph). Reit-Unfälle und Pferdelaunen. Vienna, Stammler & Karlstein (printed by Reiffenstein & Rösch; 16 plates with the addition 'Paris, chez Goupil & Co), [ca. 1860]. Oblong large folio (paper: 40.5 x 51 cm). Later half morocco. With lithographed title-page and 24 numbered coloured lithographs, finished by hand by Anton Strassgschwandtner after his own drawings. [25] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Lithographs  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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