1767. [Act of Parliament]. An Act to Explain, Amend, and Reduce...the General Laws Now in Being for Regulating the Turnpike Roads of This Kingdom [etc.]. London: Mark Baskett 1767. Pp. 527-559, no ills. except British coat of arms. Good paperbound (removed from a bound volume; occasional small holes). Printed in..... More
1796. Schmidt. Instruction pour la Cavalerie, sur le maniement le plus avantageux du sabre, publiee en 1796, par Schmidt, professeur d'escrime du corps royal des cadets a Berlin,... Paris: Anselin 1828. cccxxxiii, 84p + 8 folding engraved pls.; 30p of publisher's ads. Very good paperbound (original wrappers, untrimmed; partly unopened)..... More
Wallhausen, Johann Jacob von. Kriegskunst zu Pferdt. Graz: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt 1971. 141p + hundreds of line ills. on many pls., many of them folding. Very good hardcover (boards, leather spine). In old German gothic type. ** Beautifully produced facsimile of this classic 1616 German treatise on knightly horsemanship and..... More
1991. Weatherby, J., An Introduction to a General Stud-Book [and] Peter Willett, A History of the General Stud-Book. London: Weatherbys 1991. 2 volumes: 207p, 143p, several ills. Fine hardcovers, leather spines, in slipcase. ** Facsimile reprint of the first English Thoroughbred stud book (published 1791) plus Willett's excellent history of..... More
