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[CHEVAL] DELCAMPE, L'Art de monter à cheval, 1664

Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

L'Art de monter à cheval, qui monstre la belle & facille méthode de se rendre bon homme de cheval. 

Paris, Jacques le Gras, 1664.

Small 8vo (164x103 mm), frontispiece, (12)-24-320-152-(4) pages and 5 folding plates.  binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in five compartments. Title piece is missing. Caps formerly restored. Flyleaves unglued. 

Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

Second edition enlarged by a second part from Samuel Fouquet to treat horse diseases.
The best edition of this classic treatise on horse riding.
The author was a squire in the grand stable of Louis XIV.

references: Mennessier [p.375 : "C'est la meilleure édition"].

Price : 600 €

Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 
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