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EISENBERG, Baron d'. Description du Manége Moderne. Dans sa Perfection. [?Amsterdam:] 1727.
Oblong 2° (274 x 409mm). Dedication, advertisement, (2pp.) list of subscribers, index, engraved title and 59 plates by Bernard Picart. (Text leaf 28 repaired along lower margin, title slightly creased, light spotting.) Contemporary mottled sheep, spine in six compartments with brown sheep lettering-piece (neat repairs to spine, some scuffing).
FIRST EDITION of this work on classical horsemanship, illustrated with a fine collection of plates by Picart, showing different breeds of horse, dressage and schooling, and types of bit. Mennessier de la Lance I, p. 438; Cohen-de Ricci 345.
Oblong 2° (274 x 409mm). Dedication, advertisement, (2pp.) list of subscribers, index, engraved title and 59 plates by Bernard Picart. (Text leaf 28 repaired along lower margin, title slightly creased, light spotting.) Contemporary mottled sheep, spine in six compartments with brown sheep lettering-piece (neat repairs to spine, some scuffing).
FIRST EDITION of this work on classical horsemanship, illustrated with a fine collection of plates by Picart, showing different breeds of horse, dressage and schooling, and types of bit. Mennessier de la Lance I, p. 438; Cohen-de Ricci 345.