Lot 196
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MARKHAM, Gervase (1568-1637). Cavelarice, Or the English Horseman: contayning all the Art of Horse-manship, as much as is Necessary for any Man to vnderstand. [London: E. Allde and W. Jaggard for E. White, 1607]. 8 parts in one volume, small 4° (190 x 140mm). Title of the first two parts within woodcut historiated border [McK. and F. 242], books 2, 5 and 6 also with Edward Allde's fleur-de-lys device [Mck. 270], 66 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. (Without the folding woodcut, first title with small area of facsimile, title verso repaired along gutter, fore-margin of following leaf torn away with some loss of border and text on verso.) Contemporary English vellum bound in Dutch style (lacks ties and front endpapers); calf-backed folding case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
MARKHAM, Gervase (1568-1637). Cavelarice, Or the English Horseman: contayning all the Art of Horse-manship, as much as is Necessary for any Man to vnderstand. [London: E. Allde and W. Jaggard for E. White, 1607]. 8 parts in one volume, small 4° (190 x 140mm). Title of the first two parts within woodcut historiated border [McK. and F. 242], books 2, 5 and 6 also with Edward Allde's fleur-de-lys device [Mck. 270], 66 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. (Without the folding woodcut, first title with small area of facsimile, title verso repaired along gutter, fore-margin of following leaf torn away with some loss of border and text on verso.) Contemporary English vellum bound in Dutch style (lacks ties and front endpapers); calf-backed folding case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

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MARKHAM, Gervase (1568-1637). Cavelarice, Or the English Horseman: contayning all the Art of Horse-manship, as much as is Necessary for any Man to vnderstand. [London: E. Allde and W. Jaggard for E. White, 1607]. 8 parts in one volume, small 4° (190 x 140mm). Title of the first two parts within woodcut historiated border [McK. and F. 242], books 2, 5 and 6 also with Edward Allde's fleur-de-lys device [Mck. 270], 66 woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. (Without the folding woodcut, first title with small area of facsimile, title verso repaired along gutter, fore-margin of following leaf torn away with some loss of border and text on verso.) Contemporary English vellum bound in Dutch style (lacks ties and front endpapers); calf-backed folding case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

FIRST EDITION of Markham's second practical manual on horsemanship, containing the substance of the author's earlier writings on horses, with title borrowed from La Broue's Le Cavalerice Français (1593-94). The folding woodcut called for by Poynter was issued separately, and is invariably lacking. Huth p.15; Mellon 18; Poynter 19.1; STC 17334.

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