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THE HORSE -- GUILLET DE SAINT-GEORGES, Georges (?1625-1705). The Gentleman's Dictionary. London: H. Bonwicke, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, and S. Manship, 1705. Three parts in one volume, 8° (172 x 110mm). 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, illustrations. 18th-century blind-panelled calf, red sprinkled edges (slight wear at corners). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, translated from Guillet's Les Arts de l'Homme d'Epée ou le Dictionnaire du Gentilhomme, originally published in Paris in 1678. The three parts concern 'the art of riding the great horse', 'the military art' and 'the art of navigation'. Huth p. 27; Mellon/Podeschi 37.
PEMBROKE, Henry Herbert, Earl of (1734-1794). A Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride. London: J. Hughs, 1761. 8° (153 x 96mm). 2 folding etched plates, errata on verso of contents leaf. (C2 detached, faint stain at hinge.) Contemporary boards (backstrip lacking). Provenance: C. Chauncy (title signature). FIRST EDITION. Huth p. 39; Mellon/Podeschi 55.
ADAMS, John. An Analysis of Horsemanship. London: Albion Press for James Cundee, 1805. 3 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait and 19 plates, one with moveable piece (plates lightly browned, some light spotting.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, printed spine labels (backstrips and extremities worn), modern buckram chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Francis Blackburne (inscription in vol. I). FIRST EDITION. Mellon/Podeschi 82; and 15 other volumes on horses and horsemanship. (20)
PEMBROKE, Henry Herbert, Earl of (1734-1794). A Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride. London: J. Hughs, 1761. 8° (153 x 96mm). 2 folding etched plates, errata on verso of contents leaf. (C2 detached, faint stain at hinge.) Contemporary boards (backstrip lacking). Provenance: C. Chauncy (title signature). FIRST EDITION. Huth p. 39; Mellon/Podeschi 55.
ADAMS, John. An Analysis of Horsemanship. London: Albion Press for James Cundee, 1805. 3 volumes, 8°, engraved portrait and 19 plates, one with moveable piece (plates lightly browned, some light spotting.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, printed spine labels (backstrips and extremities worn), modern buckram chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Francis Blackburne (inscription in vol. I). FIRST EDITION. Mellon/Podeschi 82; and 15 other volumes on horses and horsemanship. (20)
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