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CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676)

Lot 117
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 848436
Lot 117 | CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676)
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£ 600 – 900
CAVENDISH, William, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676)

A New Method, and Extraordinary Invention, to Dress Horses, and Work them according to Nature. London: Tho. Milbourn, 1667.

Large paper copy of Cavendish's second work on horses, the first printing of his original English text. ESTC R18531; Wing N887



Folio (373 x 238mm). Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, complete with the separately-numbered pages 001-008 inserted between 4S1-2 (variable light staining throughout). Contemporary calf panelled in blind (rebacked, covers rubbed so panelling is almost erased). Provenance: ink corrections in an early hand on pp.227, 255, 303 and 316 – ‘Inner’ (ink inscription on pastedown with price of £1/5/) – evidence of bookplate removed.



[Sold with:] LAWRENCE, John (1753-1839). The History and Delineation of the Horse, in all its Varieties, ... Character of the Race-Horse, .. Business of the Turf, ... Distinguished Sportsmen. London: Albion Press, 1809. Quarto (299 x 242mm). Engraved frontispiece, additional title, dedication, and 12 plates (some variable spotting and staining). Modern half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick J.O. Montagu (bookplate). [And:] WACKEROW, Charles. Tables of Pedigrees of Thorough-Bred Horses from the earliest accounts to the year 1897 inclusive… [With:] – … to the year 1902 inclusive… [And:] – to the year 1909/10 inclusive. Tata: 1900 and Vienna: 1904 and 1911. Vols I-III (only, of 7, without vol. IV and supplements 1-3; but with duplicates of vols I and II), quarto (311 x 243mm). Prefaces in English, Hungarian and German. Contemporary half leather over green cloth-covered boards (extremities rubbed and scraped, some joints with short splits). Provenance: Cliveden (lettered in gilt on spines).





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