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
![Von der Gestuterey [etc.]. Marcus Fugger, Marx](/pictures/thumb/30170.jpg?v=1633973520)
Niewkoop, Netherlands: Miland, 1968 [1st pub. 1584]. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover (tooled leatherette) in good cardboard slipcase. 129 leaves, 38 woodcut ills. by Jost Amman. Title page printed in red and black. In German black letter type. In the publisher's series Homo Ludens, 4. First published in 1584 in Frankfurt, this..... 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: 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
New York: Howell, 1997. Reprint (1st pub. 1643). Hardcover. x, 373p, many line ills. Introduction and commentary by David W. Ramey, D.V.M. Near-facsimile reprint of the first English-language book on equine anatomy (1643), with Ramey's commentary. Snape was farrier to King Charles II. An affordable edition of this landmark of..... More
![Kriegskunst zu Pferdt [The Art of Horsemanship; 1971 facsimile]. Johann Jacob von Wallhausen](/pictures/thumb/15482.jpg?v=1633973425)
Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1971. Facsimile reprint (1st pub. 1616). Hardcover (boards, leather spine). 141p + hundreds of line ills. on many pls., many of them folding. In old German gothic type. Beautifully produced facsimile of this classic 1616 German treatise on knightly horsemanship and mounted warfare. Schooling exercises..... More
![Introduction to a General Stud-Book; History of the General Stud-Book [2 vols.]. J. Weatherby,...](/pictures/thumb/6063.jpg?v=1633973608)
London: Weatherbys, 1991. Facsimile reprint; limited edition. Hardcover (leather spines), in very good slipcase. 2 vols.: 207p, 143p, several ills. Facsimile reprint of the first English Thoroughbred stud book (published 1791) plus Willett's excellent history of the stud book and the Weatherbys firm into the 1990s. Published in a small..... More
