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Lot 99
GUERINIERE, [FRANÇOIS ROBICHON DE LA] Ecole de Cavallerie. Contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval.
[Paris]: Jacques Collombat, 1733. First folio and single volume edition. Contemporary calf, the spine in seven compartments separated by six raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece to one and the rest gilt tooled, inner gilt dentelles. 17 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (43.8 x 28.3 cm); [viii], 276, [8] pp.; frontispiece, 23 plates (of which 4 are folding/double-page), and 4 vignettes after Parrocel. Worn with loss to extremities and spine, joints cracked, scattered staining, some old tape repairs to a few plates and text leaves, bookplate to front pastedown.
Mennessier de la Lance considers this one of the most beautiful books on horses: "Papier, caracteres, tout est irreprochable et les belles planches de Parrocel lui donnent une valeur particuliere." First issued in 16mo editions in 1729-1731 and 1731, but, as Mennessier de la Lance notes, the present folio edition is the most desirable, as it is the first illustrated with the plates after Parrocel. Huth, p. 31; Mennessier de la Lance II, p. 27; Nissen ZBI 236; Podeschi 46.
C Estate of Frances Tower Thacher
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