An Academy For Grown Horsemen Containing The Completest Instructions For Walking Trotting

by Sir Henry William Bunbury Geoffrey Gambado Pseudonym

$700 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Expertly bound to style in half 18th-century russia over 18th-century marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments by gilt fillets and roll tools, black morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration in gilt. First edition of this popular work. Henry William Bunbury was one of the most beloved English humorists of his day. By turning his back on controversial political caricature, Bunbury made a

• Binding: Leather

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