Neu-eröffnete Reit-Bahn, Welche Erstlich durch Ihme selbsten erfunden. Anjetzo aber dem Hoch-Löbl. Deutschen Adel zu Ehren, Nutz, und Vergnügen, auf Ersuchen eines, der Edlen Pferd - und Reit-Kunst grossen Liebhabers ins reine Teutsche gebracht von Johann Philipp Ferdinand Pernauer. / Nouvelle Methode pour Dresser les Chevaux, en Suivant la Nautre & méme la perfectionnant par la subtilite de l'art. Avec des Annotations, ou Supplemens pour rendre plus intelligibles les endroits difficiles, par Monsieur de Solleysel.

Herzog Wilhelms von Newcastle; Monseigneur le Duc de Niewcastle; [William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle]; Pernauer, Johann Philipp Ferdinand von; Solleysel, Jakob von

Published by Johann Michael Spörlin für Johann Zieger und Georg Lehmann / Jean Sieger & George Lehmann, Nuremberg, 1700

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Contemporary vellum over boards, manuscript title to spine (in French); folio (215 x 335 mm); pp. [28] (title-pages in German and French, dedication and full-page engraving of coat of arms, table of contents, etc.), 301; plus 2 folding, 1 single-, and 79 double-page engraved plates. Complete. Text in two columns, in German and French. Vellum a little soiled and scuffed; some faint foxing throughout, though middle portion of text block is remarkably bright and clean; expert repair to bottom margin of first double-pate plate (title-p.), otherwise prelims and terminals just a little wrinkled along the edges, or occasionally cut close. An excellent copy of the first German edition of a stunning book on horsemanship. Based on "A New Method and Extraordinary Invention, to Dress Horses" (1667) an edited version of "General System of Horsemanship" (1658), the first book on formal horsemanship produced in Britain, also by Cavendish this massive work redefined the style and methods of the aristocratic horseman. Beautifully illustrated. Seller Inventory # D9162

Bibliographic Details

Title: Neu-eröffnete Reit-Bahn, Welche Erstlich ...

Publisher: Johann Michael Spörlin für Johann Zieger und Georg Lehmann / Jean Sieger & George Lehmann, Nuremberg

Publication Date: 1700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.