[EQUITATION]. DRUMMONT DE MELFORT Louis-Hector [Traité... - Lot 261 - Actéon - Compiègne Enchères

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[EQUITATION]. DRUMMONT DE MELFORT Louis-Hector [Traité... - Lot 261 - Actéon - Compiègne Enchères
[EQUITATION]. DRUMMONT DE MELFORT Louis-Hector [Traité sur la cavalerie. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1776]; 1 large vol. in-folio - an atlas, bound in old brown half calf, spine with eight ornamented bands (worn), headbands damaged. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR BOOKS ON EQUESTRIAN ART. THE ATLAS INCLUDES 32 VERY LARGE ESTAMPS OF LOUIS-NICOLAS VAN BLARENBERGHE ENGRAVED ON COPPER BY TWENTY-FIVE DIFFERENT ENGRAVERS. One of them is one and a half meters wide. "These superb plates represent different parts of the individual instruction of the rider and the dressage as well as the formations and tactical movements of the cavalry: each rider, each horse is drawn individually and the scenes are placed in the middle of varied landscapes... In addition, an attractive ornate cartouche gives the summary title". Some skilful restorations Provenance : - Private collection of Mario LURASCHI
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