Seven hand-colored engraved plates showing methods of riding and training horses

by Horsemanship

$850 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

From an Engligh translation of George Guillet's Les Arts de l'Homme d'Epée ou le Dictionnaire du Gentilhomme, Paris 1678. 1 vols. Each approximately 3 x 4-1/2 inches; matted together and framed to 40-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches overall. Framed and glazed. Item #42212 The science of equitation and the means of teaching it developed primarily in 16th century Italy, and moved northward through Europe to England in the ensuing centuries. As

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