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LA GUERINIERE (Francois Robichon de). Ecole de Cavalerie. Contenant la connoisance, l'instruction et la conservation du Cheval... A Paris, de l'Impr. de J.Collombat 1733. In-folio, [4] f., 276 p., [4] f., fr., pl., 19th c. half calf with corners, smooth spine, title in ink, red edges (rubbing to spine and edges, one corner blunted, stains to boards; traces of glue in inner margins and in the middle of double pl., some soiling, 1 pl. lacking?). First folio edition, printed with great care and including a high-quality illustration, consisting of a frontispiece with the portrait of Louis XV in a medallion, engraved by L. Cars after Parrocel, and 23 (out of 24?) plates, including 8 full-page copper-engraved figures, and including 6 equestrian portraits engraved on copper by Tardieu, Cars, Audran and others after Parrocel, and 3 chapter-head vignettes after the same painter. "The folio edition of the Ecole de Cavalerie is one of the finest works on the horse to have appeared in France. Paper, type, everything is irreproachable, and Parrocel's beautiful plates give it a special value" (Mennessier de La Lance, II, 27). Provenance: Roger de La Cotardière (engraved armorial bookplate).

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LA GUERINIERE (Francois Robichon de). Ecole de Cavalerie. Contenant la connoisance, l'instruction et la conservation du Cheval... A Paris, de l'Impr. de J.Collombat 1733. In-folio, [4] f., 276 p., [4] f., fr., pl., 19th c. half calf with corners, smooth spine, title in ink, red edges (rubbing to spine and edges, one corner blunted, stains to boards; traces of glue in inner margins and in the middle of double pl., some soiling, 1 pl. lacking?). First folio edition, printed with great care and including a high-quality illustration, consisting of a frontispiece with the portrait of Louis XV in a medallion, engraved by L. Cars after Parrocel, and 23 (out of 24?) plates, including 8 full-page copper-engraved figures, and including 6 equestrian portraits engraved on copper by Tardieu, Cars, Audran and others after Parrocel, and 3 chapter-head vignettes after the same painter. "The folio edition of the Ecole de Cavalerie is one of the finest works on the horse to have appeared in France. Paper, type, everything is irreproachable, and Parrocel's beautiful plates give it a special value" (Mennessier de La Lance, II, 27). Provenance: Roger de La Cotardière (engraved armorial bookplate).

Estimate 800 - 1 200 EUR

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