[Horses]. First edition of Instruction on Fencing on Horseback in the Chieti edition in the Petrarch Printing House of 1837 with 45 lithographic plates, partly folded. Also in the lot are the General, and Particular Regulations for the Corps of Bands of 1796, the Manifesto of the General Office of H.M. Soldier of 1778, and the second edition of Military Horsemanship or Both Method of Scozzing Horses of 1818. (4)

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