£875
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography | 575
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
[Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1776] Large folio, atlas volume (text volume not present), containing 31 numbered double page plates (plate 2 is lacking), 2 unnumbered double page plates and 6 unnumbered single page plates after Ridinger, engraved by Vindel, from his Riding School series: "Ein Pferd wie es mit der Blinden aufgeführet wird..." 1744, "Ein Pferd zwischen den Pillars an die Trömel..." 1744, "Pasagiren auf volte mit der Croupe gegen der Soeule" [n.d.], "Die Anweisung die Zügel..." [n.d.], "Ein Pferd von der freyen hand lauffen zu lasen...", 1776, "Capriole oder das Übersetzen..." 1776, contemporary boards with manuscript label to upper cover reading "Ecole de Cavalerie militaire française", some light dampstaining, plate 5 repaired to lower right corner, a few small repairs including one to plate 29, slight marginal worming to final plate, joints split, some parts of spine detaching
Note: The additional 8 plates, including the Ridinger plates, are not normally found as part of Drummond's work, and have been added separately to complement the Traité sur La Cavalerie.