![Item #32086 Arconnerie general civile & militaire [saddletrees]. Ancienne Maison Fournier,...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32086.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733851528)
St. Sulpice-La-Pointe (Tarn), France: Albert & Cie. n.d. [1887 or later]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [8]p, 146 small lithographs of saddletrees. Captions in French, English, Spanish, and German; no other text. Trade catalogue of saddletrees "en tous genres" for sale and for export. All kinds of trees for saddles..... More
![Item #14876 Reglamento de Trabajos Hipicos (R.T. Hip.) [Regulations for Equestrian Competitions]....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/14876.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631313063)
Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Instituto Geografico Militar, 1932. No stated edition. Soft cover. 63p, no ills. Ink gift notation from a cavalry captain, 1993. In Spanish. Rules and conditions for various Argentine military equestrian competitions--dressage tests, jumping, championship polo cups, etc. Small; can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
![Item #30956 Chevauchees du Sud [Riding Vacations in Southern France]. Association de Tourisme...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30956.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653995120)
N.p. ATACA, 2014-2015. No stated edition. Soft cover. 150p, many color photos. In French. If you dream about touring southern France on horseback or with a donkey, this vacation guide is for you. It describes routes, rental farms and stables, lodgings, etc., in the departments of Lozere, Gard, Herault, Aude..... More
Hannover, Germany: Unpublished Doctor of Veterinary Medicine dissertation, Tierarztliche Hochschule Hannover, 1974. First edition. Unbound sheets. 191p reproduced two to a page, several line ills. from contemporary sources. Duplicated typescript. In German, with a short English abstract. On various techniques over the centuries for altering a horse's appearance--docking or nicking..... More
![Item #33188 Croquis de Dressage / Sketches of the Equestrian Art [signed]. Dominique Barbier,...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33188.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787669401)
Paris: Belin, 1992. Sauvat, Jean-Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 96p, many color drawings in chalk or pastel by Sauvat. Signed presentation "to Joyce" from Barbier on front endpaper. In French and English. Photo is cropped. In the publisher's words, "This book is the result of the encounter...between two horsemen of the..... More
Geneva and Paris: Droz, 1966. First edition. Soft cover. 473p + a few plates and tables. Vol. 5, no. 2, in the series Hautes Etudes Medievales et Modernes published by the Centre de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. Laid in: offprint of..... More
![Item #30013 Akademische Reitkunst [Advanced Horsemanship]; Eine Reitlehre für anspruchsvolle...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30013.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1631895376)
Wentorf, Germany: Cadmos, 1996. First edition. Hardcover (printed boards, lightly shelfsoiled). 78p, many line ills. and color photos. No d.j., as issued. In German. Photo is a little cropped. Principles of dressage and groundwork for the ambitious amateur or recreational rider, followed by instructions for flying changes, work between the..... More
![Item #10864 Pegasus und die Kunste [Pegasus and the Arts]. Claudia Brink, eds Wilhelm Hornbostel](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10864.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630015381)
Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1993. First edition. Soft cover. 282p, many ills. + 56 color pls. In German. A lavish scholarly study of Pegasus in fine and popular art through the ages, from Greek vases through Renaissance prints, astronomical works, French Symbolism, etc., up to the red Mobil flying horse. Chapters..... More
Bonn: Freizeit im Sattel, n.d. [ca. 1990]. First edition. Soft cover. 136p, many photos and line ills. In German. Collection of wide-ranging articles on recreational riding of many kinds, training horses for many disciplines, etc. Includes riding Icelandic horses, how to pony a horse, practicing on a wooden horse, teaching..... More
Augsburg, Germany: Stadtische Kunstsammlungen, 1967. Ridinger. First edition. Soft cover. 32p + 15 plates. In German. Small exhibition catalogue of 83 etchings and other prints--biblical scenes, stag hunting, forest life, horses and horsemanship, etc. Two plates show prints from Ridinger's well-known riding school albums. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Bologna: Tipografia Compositori, 1953. Morris, George Ford; Dickey, Robert. First edition. Hardcover (skewed from size but sturdy). 28p + 72 genealogical tables of leading American and French Standardbred stallions; 5 mounted pls. Skewed; covers rather stained and rippled; some pages damp-stained but overall internally good, clean, and sturdy. Further condition..... More
Paris: Jouve & Boyer, 1900. First edition. Soft cover. 210p, no ills. In French. Doctoral thesis. Historical survey and analysis of the civil and penal codes governing pari mutuel wagering on horse racing in France. The author was an attorney. Uncommon. As is: reference copy... More
Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2012. First edition. Soft cover. 14p, many color photos. In French. This ceremonial caleche was made by Georges Ehrler for the young Prince Imperial Louis-Napoleon around 1859. It would have been pulled by a pony or goat. This brochure describes its history, compares it to..... More
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, 1885. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (full leather, rebacked, spine gilt-stamped, all edges gilt). 404p, hundreds of line ills., many full page. In French. In words and humorous illustrations Crafty chronicled the fads and foibles of equestrian life in fin-de-siecle France. Here he describes and illustrates riding..... More
Paris: Plon, Nourrit, 1890. Crafty. First edition. Hardcover (quarter leather, marbled boards; original wrappers bound in). 325p, many ills., many full page (several in color). In French. Driving and riding in the Bois de Boulogne, as carried out by equestrians of varied ability. With a long tribute to Edwin Howlett..... More
Paris: Le Goupy, 1925. Vernet, Carle. First edition. Soft cover. 204p, many ills. (mostly small). The binding is sewn but is quite loose. Scrappy remains of original glassine jacket. In French. Monograph on this 19th-century French painter and printmaker, best known for his many equestrian themes--hunting, the circus, the cavalry..... More
Paris: Odette Lieutier, 1944. No stated edition. Soft cover. 74p, no ills. In French. Printed on fragile wartime newsprint; binding staples giving way. Checklist of hundreds of books and articles about the French circus, covering generalities, art works, acrobats, clowns, dressage and ecuyeres, specialty acts, Franconi, Molier, Barnum, Buffalo Bill..... More
Paris: [1771]. No stated edition. Unbound. 3p + many engraved ills. on 16 plates. Removed from a bound volume but still sewn together; no covers. Age browned; the impressions are good and rich. Ca. 10 x 16 inches. In French. This section from the monumental Encyclopedie of Diderot and d'Alembert..... More
[Paris]: [Briasson, David, Le Breton], n.d. [ca. 1771-72]. Benard, Robert. No stated edition. Soft cover (later wrappers). 2p of captions + 6 engraved plates (1 single, 4 double page, and 1 folding) by Robert Benard. Ca. 11 x 15 1/2 inches. In French. How to create a monumental bronze equestrian..... More
![Item #12167 Concorso Ippico Internazionale [1931/IX]. Federazione Nationale degli Sports Equestri](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12167.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1539197816)
[Florence?]: No stated publisher, 1931. First edition. Soft cover. Official program of this several-part international jumping contest held in Florence, May 14-24, 1931 (Fascist year IX). Ca. 44p, several photos, many ads. In Italian. The program summarizes all the prizes for the entire show, and lists the entrants for the..... More
Paris: Belin, 2000. First edition thus. Soft cover. 2 parts. Part 1: 190p, several ills. Part 2: facsimile of the 1733 edition of Ecole de Cavalerie (over 270p, many ills. by Charles Parrocel). In French. Collection of papers by 17 equestrian scholars, delivered at an important Ecole Nationale d'Equitation symposium..... More
Lausanne: Favre, 2000. No stated edition. Soft cover. 189p, no ills.except for the calligraphed horse on the cover (probably 17th-century Belgian). In French. Published under the auspices of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle with the support of Les Haras Nationaux. Collection of poems and extracts about the horse, with notes..... More
![Item #33014 Das Reiterbild in Malerei und Plastik [Horsemen in Painting and Sculpture]. Otto...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33014.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769438342)
Berlin: Wurfel, 1931. First edition. Hardcover (boards). Two parts. Part 1: 136p of text. Part 2: hundreds of line ills. on 30 plates. No jacket (as issued?). In German. History of the horse and rider in art from classical and Asian antiquity through the 19th century. The illustrations are in..... More
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1961 and 1931. Offprints from the journal Syria. Soft cover. "A Near Eastern Horseman" by Hanfmann (1961): pp. 245-255, several ills. "Dieux et Chevaux" by Rostovtzeff (1931): pp. 48-57, several ills. Covers of "Dieux et Chevaux" detached; else both articles are very good overall. Hanfmann is in..... More
Berlin: Lustige Blatter, 1916. Heilemann, Ernst. First edition. Unbound sheet. Original cover of this weekly German satirical and humor magazine, on newsprint as issued. Ca.. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Apparently for issue 94 in a series during World War I, a conflict that doesn't seem to trouble these..... More
