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[LANGBAINE, Gerard, the Younger (1656-1692)]. The Hunter. A Discourse of Horsemanship: directing the Right Way to breed, keep, and train a Horse, for Ordinary Hunting and Plates. Oxford: L. Lichfield for N. Cox, 1685.
8° (175 x 97mm). (Top margins in the last 3 leaves lightly stained.) 20th-century red morocco gilt for C.J. Sawyer, top edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION of Langbaine's first work barring An Exact Catalogue of all the Comedies (1680) which was a catalogue of 980 plays and masques in his possession. Often bound up with Nicholas Cox's Gentleman's Recreation, it is sometimes attributed to Cox. Mellon/Podeschi 33; Wing L-374.
8° (175 x 97mm). (Top margins in the last 3 leaves lightly stained.) 20th-century red morocco gilt for C.J. Sawyer, top edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION of Langbaine's first work barring An Exact Catalogue of all the Comedies (1680) which was a catalogue of 980 plays and masques in his possession. Often bound up with Nicholas Cox's Gentleman's Recreation, it is sometimes attributed to Cox. Mellon/Podeschi 33; Wing L-374.
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