(Riding). Bourgelat (Ecuyer du Roi, head of his academy established in Lyon). "Elémens d'hippiatrique ou nouveaux principes sur la connaissance et sur la médecine des chevaux". In Lyon, Declaustre and Duplain, 1750 and 1751 (the second part of the second volume is missing). Two volumes in-12 bound in full contemporary basane. Spine with ornate nerves. Frontispiece. Vignette. A folding plate in the first volume. Binding boards rubbed. Well kept copies. Joint / Vergnaud (A.D). "Manuel d'équitation à l'usage des deux sexes". Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1834. In-16 bound in full contemporary basane. Smooth spine. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 22 black figures on 11 plates (One plate missing). Liminary stain running through the work. Some foxing. Modest copy.

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