WINTER VON ADLERSFLÜGEL, GEORG SIMON. Bellerophon, sive Eques Peritus. Hoc est: Artis Equestris accuratissima Institutio [Wohlberittener Cavallier, oder Gründliche Anweisung zu der Reit- und Zaum-Kunst], 1678, tightly bound, last plate torn, 1-inch tear to plate 85, a few short tears at mount edges of folding plates, one or two marginal repairs, fore-edge borders of approximately 12 plates cropped with loss to engravers' signatures, some mostly marginal foxing and softening to plates, foxing and browning to text, dampstaining to lower margins of first few quires, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved title by C. N. Schurtz, two letterpress title-pages in Latin and German, text printed in double columns in Latin and German, 171 engraved plates (of which 67 folding) depicting proper horsemanship and riding equipment, by Schurtz, P. Troschel, and others, Nissen ZBI 4427; De Re Equaria, 1703, lacking 8 plates, large tear to folding plate 7, some foxing, additional engraved title, two letterpress title-leaves and text in Latin, German, Italian and French, folding table, 38 (of 46) engraved plates depicting different equine breeds (including some mythical creatures), some folding; together 2 vols., folio, 330 x 200 mm. (13 x 7 7/8 in.), uniformly bound in later blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, nineteenth-century lettering-pieces on spines, remains of clasps, edges stained red, slight soiling and warping; both Nuremberg: W. M. Endter. (2)

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WINTER VON ADLERSFLÜGEL, GEORG SIMON. Bellerophon, sive Eques Peritus. Hoc est: Artis Equestris accuratissima Institutio [Wohlberittener Cavallier, oder Gründliche Anweisung zu der Reit- und Zaum-Kunst], 1678, tightly bound, last plate torn, 1-inch tear to plate 85, a few short tears at mount edges of folding plates, one or two marginal repairs, fore-edge borders of approximately 12 plates cropped with loss to engravers' signatures, some mostly marginal foxing and softening to plates, foxing and browning to text, dampstaining to lower margins of first few quires, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved title by C. N. Schurtz, two letterpress title-pages in Latin and German, text printed in double columns in Latin and German, 171 engraved plates (of which 67 folding) depicting proper horsemanship and riding equipment, by Schurtz, P. Troschel, and others, Nissen ZBI 4427; De Re Equaria, 1703, lacking 8 plates, large tear to folding plate 7, some foxing, additional engraved title, two letterpress title-leaves and text in Latin, German, Italian and French, folding table, 38 (of 46) engraved plates depicting different equine breeds (including some mythical creatures), some folding; together 2 vols., folio, 330 x 200 mm. (13 x 7 7/8 in.), uniformly bound in later blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, nineteenth-century lettering-pieces on spines, remains of clasps, edges stained red, slight soiling and warping; both Nuremberg: W. M. Endter. (2)