London: Mark Baskett [printer], 1767. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 527-559, no ills. except British coat of arms. Printed in black letter. The act was passed in several sessions of Parliament from May 19, 1761, to November 11, 1766, in the reign of George III. Covers many subjects, such as..... More
Germany: Cadmos, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 128p, many ills. and photos, many in color. In German. To accompany their text, the authors pair details of original La Guerniere illustrations with contemporary photos of riders performing the same movements--shoulder-in, volte, levade, capriole, etc. The horses in the photos are Andalusian and..... More
![Manege et equitation [and] Marechal ferrant. Diderot and d'Alembert](/pictures/thumb/30920.jpg?v=1652736182)
[Paris]: [1751-1772]. No stated edition. Hardcover (rebound in boards, quarter vellum). Two suites of captions and engraved plates from the Encyclopedie: 6p + many ills. on 33 pls., and 2p + many ills. on 7 pls. (1 double page). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr.H.L.M. Van Schaik..... More
Highland Village, TX: Chivalry Bookshelf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 147p, no ills. Place-marking ribbon. Title is printed in gold at the top of the jacket, which the scan didn't pick up. The first English translation of this important Portuguese work on "horsemanship, hunting, fighting technique, and knightly conduct." Texts from..... More
![Neugebahnter Tummel-platz und eröffnete Reit-Schul [etc.]. Giovanni Battista di Galiberto](/pictures/thumb/30881.jpg?v=1649709664)
Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1979. Reprint (1st pub. 1660). Hardcover. 189p, many line ills. No jacket (as issued?). In German black letter. Facsimile reprint of the 1660 German translation of Galiberto's Il Cavallo da Maneggio (1650). Covers horsemanship including airs above the ground; care and management, and bitting, with many..... More
![The Farrier's and Horseman's Dictionary; Being a Compleat System of Horsemanship [etc.]. pseud N...](/pictures/thumb/30703.jpg?v=1652736603)
London: J. Darby [etc.]. 1726. First edition. Hardcover (full leather, rebacked with new label). viii, 454p, 1 headpiece. Outer pages foxed, a few pages browned, light shelf-rubbing. The only edition. An alphabetical list of hundreds of terms relating to judging, breeding, feeding, diagnosing and treating maladies, horsemanship, racing, etc. Aims..... More
London: T. Waller, 1766. Third edition, "with large additions" (1st pub. 1759). Hardcover (full contemporary leather). 284p, no ills. Some age browning, front cover starting. Old ink name on title page. The title page continues: “In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the..... More
London: J. Hughs AND J. Robson, 1762. Second and First Editions. Hardcover. Two works bound in one. Pembroke: [viii], 128p + 3 folding engraved pls. Thompson: iv, 81p, no ills. Old full leather (sound). Pages browned; bit plate is torn at the edges and creased from misfolding. From the library..... More
Paris: La Compagnie des Librairies, 1769. No stated edition. Hardcover (contemporary leather?). 2 vols.: 317, 299p + several engraved plates (all called for; some folding). Old full leather, worn but expertly rebacked. Old deaccession from the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky/Kentucky Historical Society, with various handwritten numbers and one title-page ink..... More
Grenoble: Editions des 4 Seigneurs, 1073. Facsimile reprint of the 1733 first edition. Hardcover (gilt-stamped leather). 284p + many pls. by Parrocel. Ca. 11 x 17 inches. One of 1500 copies, out of series. In French. Sumptuous full-size facsimile of this landmark of horsemanship. The binding is elaborately stamped in..... More
Paris: Anselin, 1828. French edition. Soft cover (original wrappers, untrimmed, partly uncut). cccxxxiii, 84p + 8 folding engraved pls.; 30p of publisher's ads. In French. Translated from German by General Armand-Celeste de Durfort, who wrote and translated other works on the military arts of Prussia and Russia. His long historical..... More
![Treatise on Horsemanship, from the Greek [1 of 150 copies]. Xenophon](/pictures/thumb/30766.jpg?v=1644843542)
Granite Springs, NY: Otto E. Koegel, 1936. Facsimile reprint (1st pub.1771). Hardcover. Pp. 219-270, no ills. No. 55 of 150 copies. No jacket (as issued?). Cover is slightly scuffed, not nearly as much as it appears in the photo. Otto Koegel of Kaywood Farms reprinted this 18th-century translation for his..... More
