Lot n° 39
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(1741). [LIGER Louis]. THE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF HORSES... L' - Lot 39
(1741). [LIGER Louis]. THE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF HORSES... L'art de monter à cheval & de dresser les chevaux de manège...
Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1741.
Fort vol. in-8, brown basane, cold framing on the boards, ornate ribbed spine (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 features a frontispiece and 7 handsome copper-engraved out-of-text figures derived from the Pluvinel of 1625. Faded binding. (Mennessier de La Lance I, 110 does not mention the engravings). Freckles, one leaf repaired, 2 pages soiled, several rings.
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