Luz da Liberal, e Nobre Arte da Cavallaria, Offerecida ao Senhor D. João, Principe do Brazil

by Manoel Carlos de Andrade

$8,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary Spanish calf, smooth spine with gilt bands, gilt-lettered dark green morocco label and repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers First edition of the principal Portuguese treatise on equestrian art, a royal production of exceptional scale, illustrated with a remarkable suite of plates on classical riding, training, equipment, and courtly horsemanship. Andrade's Luz da Liberal, e Nobre Arte da Cavallaria is the great monument of Portuguese equestrian

• Binding: Leather

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