Lot 112
Drummond de Melfort, Guy, Comte de
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Traité sur la cavalerie. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1776. First edition, folio, engraved frontispiece by Ingouf l'Ainé, 11 engraved plates, modern red quarter morocco, spine gilt, some very occasional spotting and light dampstaining; [Idem] Marches et évolutions de cavalerie... représentées en XXXII estampes...développées dans le Traité de cavalerie...auquelles on a joint XXII figures relative à la pratique de l'équitation. Paris: Nyon l'ainé & fils and Firmin Didot, [1776]. Large folio, engraved title-vignette, 55 engraved plates on 45 sheets after Van Blarenberghe, many double-page, mounted on guards, contemporary diced calf, gilt edges, neatly rebacked, corners repaired, edges rubbed, occasional minor spotting, two plates cut round and mounted, closed tear to Plate 25
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note: The 'Traité sur la Cavalerie' is normally listed as being in two volumes, with the second 'Atlas' volume containing 32 plates. These plates are included in the 'Marches et evolutions du Cavalerie', along with 22 additional plates on the subject of horsemanship.