Lot no. 39
(1741). [LIGER Louis]. THE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF HORSES... The art of riding and training horses...
Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1741.
Fort vol. in-8, brown basane, cold framing on the boards, spine ribbed and decorated (modern binding).
Expanded edition with a 188-page dictionary of the riding school with its own pagination and a 68-page table of contents. It is adorned with a frontispiece and 7 attractive copper-engraved out-of-text figures derived from those of Pluvinel of 1625. Tired binding. (Mennessier de La Lance I, 110 does not mention the engravings). Freckles, one leaf repaired, 2 pages soiled, a few rings.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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