Album de haute-ecole d'equitation: Equitation diagonale [etc.]
Dumas, J.-B., and Ponton d'Amecourt (Vicomte de)

Dumas, J.-B., and Ponton d'Amecourt (Vicomte de). Album de haute-ecole d'equitation: Equitation diagonale dans le mouvement en avant. Paris: L. Baudoin [1895]. viii, 100p, hundreds of photos printed on rectos. New cloth, worn original pictorial board cover laid in. Title page soiled; margins of two plates quite worn, not affecting content. Ink signature-stamps of authors on verso of title page. Ex libris The Cavalry Club [London]. In French. ** This lavish and large work, which took almost a decade to complete, uses photographs to illustrate all the outdoor and collected gaits, plus jumping. Includes suppling from the ground, flatwork and jumping without a bridle, uphill work, the phases of the gallop, etc. Dumas is the rider. Many French military books of the time examined the horse's movement; this is one of the most ambitious and important. Large; shipping/handling will be extra. (Mennessier de la Lance 1:422, Wells 2092) (Item ID: 14128)

$750.00