211 - Salomon de la BROUE.

Salomon de la BROUE. The French Cavalry [followed by] Second Book of the Precepts of the French Cavalry… [followed by] Third Book… on the proper methods for bit-training a horse… Fourth edition, revised and expanded with many lessons and illustrations. Paris: Jacques du Mesnil, 1646. APDR. 3 parts bound in one folio volume, 177 pp.; (1)-178-(2) pp., numerous engraved diagrams in the text, engraved initials and headpieces, and (7)-105-(3) pp., large woodcut illustrations in the text, sonnets, dedication, and privileges in the last volume. 19th-century fawn half-basane with small green vellum corners, smooth spine with imitation decoration, title label and gilt title, gilded panels (frontispiece title slightly cropped with corners somewhat tarnished and rubbed; scattered oxidation, spots, and slight water stains; water stains on the sides of the last 3–4 folios of the volume, but a fine copy). A remarkably well-illustrated edition with wood engravings. Includes a large engraved frontispiece title page featuring horses. Large wood-engraved printer’s mark on the second and third title pages. Copy with generous margins.