Lot 144
144
CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676). A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches. London: J. Brindley, 1743. 2 volumes in one, 2° (434 x 278mm). Half-title, double-page engraved title-page in French with imprint of J. van Meurs, Antwerp: 1658, 42 double-page engraved plates on guards, 20 anatomical plates of horses (12 printed in sepia, 2 double-page), 8 engraved headpieces (one in sepia), 6 engraved historiated initials (one in sepia), woodcut text diagrams. Author's preface (pp.3-4) and index (Gg2) bound in vol. 2. (First title and last leaf a little soiled, some light browning, a few pencilled identifications.) Contemporary patterned calf (rebacked). Provenance: Perran Wood (armorial bookplate).
CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676). A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches. London: J. Brindley, 1743. 2 volumes in one, 2° (434 x 278mm). Half-title, double-page engraved title-page in French with imprint of J. van Meurs, Antwerp: 1658, 42 double-page engraved plates on guards, 20 anatomical plates of horses (12 printed in sepia, 2 double-page), 8 engraved headpieces (one in sepia), 6 engraved historiated initials (one in sepia), woodcut text diagrams. Author's preface (pp.3-4) and index (Gg2) bound in vol. 2. (First title and last leaf a little soiled, some light browning, a few pencilled identifications.) Contemporary patterned calf (rebacked). Provenance: Perran Wood (armorial bookplate).

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CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676). A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches. London: J. Brindley, 1743. 2 volumes in one, 2° (434 x 278mm). Half-title, double-page engraved title-page in French with imprint of J. van Meurs, Antwerp: 1658, 42 double-page engraved plates on guards, 20 anatomical plates of horses (12 printed in sepia, 2 double-page), 8 engraved headpieces (one in sepia), 6 engraved historiated initials (one in sepia), woodcut text diagrams. Author's preface (pp.3-4) and index (Gg2) bound in vol. 2. (First title and last leaf a little soiled, some light browning, a few pencilled identifications.) Contemporary patterned calf (rebacked). Provenance: Perran Wood (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, re-using the original copperplates of the first edition, in French, of 1658. Mennessier de la Lance II, p.250; Mellon/Podeschi 49; Nissen ZBI 849.

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