Neu-Eroffnette Reit-Bahn: Nouvelle Methode Pour Dresser Les Chevaux, en Suivant la Nature & meme la perfectionnant par la subtilite de l’art. Le tout invente & mis au jour par Monseigneur le Duc de Niewcastle, Traduction Nouvelle sur l’Original Anglois…
Nuremberg: Jean Zieger & George Lehmann. 1700. Binding: Original vellum boards, rebacked. Spine with red morocco label. Top and front edges speckled red. , Notes: [Dual Language Edition; text in German and French], Size: Folio (340 x 220mm), Illustration: Near fine example of this important work on horsemanship. Illustrated with 73 large fine copperplates, including engraved title and the armorial plate on the verso of the French title, all double-page and/or folding. Translation of the original English edition. Text printed in two columns, German in Gothic font on the left, French on the right. Some inconsistencies in plate numbering; includes one duplicate plate. Pagination jumps from 290 to 293, text continuous. Lacking the German title in red and black.
, Provenance: Ex-Libris; ownership stamp, plus bookplate of Dodgson Hamilton Madden on front pastedown. , References: Brunet I, 1700; Graesse II, 93; Huth 23; Lowndes 1663; Mennessier de la Lance II, p. 250; Nissen ZBI 848, Pages: [P] Double-page engraved title. 4 double-page plates. Dedication. Blank. French Title. Large armorial engraving. German dedication. Publisher’s preface (3). Solleysel’s advertisement (5). Notice to the reader (5). Table of names (3). Contents (7). Pp. 1-301., Category: Book Natural History;. Some leaves with repairs, otherwise text and plates are clean and crisp. Item #B7152
Price: $5,750.00