375 - Horses - Ridinger, Johann Elias. A Presentation and Description of School and Country Horses According to Their Training, and the Occasions on Which They May Be Used. And Appendix: Notes on the Carousel. With an engraved title page featuring a vignette and a total of 61 (46 and 15; out of 62) copper plates. Augsburg, 1760–1761. 35, 8 pp. 30 x 21 cm. Half-leather binding circa 1900 with embossed title on the spine (slightly rubbed).

Horses - Ridinger, Johann Elias. A Presentation and Description of School and Country Horses According to Their Training, and the Occasions on Which They May Be Used. And Appendix: Notes on the Carousel. With an engraved title page featuring a vignette and a total of 61 (46 and 15; out of 62) copper plates. Augsburg, 1760–1761. 35, 8 pp. 30 x 21 cm. Half-leather binding circa 1900 with embossed title on the spine (slightly rubbed). First edition of the “Kleine Reitschule” with the frequently missing appendix “Carousel,” featuring an additional 14 (of 15) plates depicting historical tournaments as well as a schematic plate. — Thienemann 646–707 and 1301 - Schwarz 82 ff. - Mennessier II, 429. - The title page has been supplemented with a facsimile on old paper; the last copperplate of the “Carousel” (Th. 707) is missing; the text pages for the main body have been supplemented from another copy and are smaller in format; Engraving 1 and Carousel No. 14 are trimmed to the edge of the plate and mounted on old paper. - Text and captions for the engravings are in German and French. - Stained in places; the plates for the Carousel are somewhat more heavily stained. *