Ecole de cavalerie contenant la connoissance, l'instruction et la conservation du cheval
27.06.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Startpreis
3500USD $ 3 500
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Veranstaltungsort | Vereinigtes Königreich, London |
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ID 1236290
Los 60 | Ecole de cavalerie contenant la connoissance, l'instruction et la conservation du cheval
Schätzwert
$ 5 000 – 8 000
First folio edition of one of the most beautiful French equestrian books, third overall. The splendid engraved additional title by Cars after Parrocel depicts the education of Achilles by the centaur Chiron. De La Guérinière was the Equerry to Louis XIV and a major influence on horse training, riding practice, and dressage. The illustrations include plans and diagrams, anatomical and medical images, and portraits of the author's most distinguished students, and a skeleton horse. Mennessier de la Lance II, p.27; Nissen ZBI 236.
Folio (434 x 232mm). Engraved additional title and 23 engraved illustrations, some double-page; engraved head- and tail-pieces (gutter dampstain at end). Contemporary speckled calf, edges red (worn at extremities, rear joint splitting but bands holding).
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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