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CAVENDISH (WILLIAM, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol.
10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
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A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-title in volume one, additional double-page engraved title in French (imprint Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658), 40 double-page engraved equestrian plates (of 42, without plates one and 4), 19 engraved anatomical plates (of 20, without plate 6, 2 double-page, several printed in bistre, one with neat tear), engraved vignettes and historiated intials, woodcut diagrams in the text, a few preliminary leaves creased, bookplate of Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed [Nissen ZBI 849; Podeschi 49], folio, J. Brindley, 1743
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First edition in English of the Duke of Newcastle's important treatise on horsemanship. 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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