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121 - Reunion of 6 volumes or plates from the 19th or early 20th c…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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Reunion of 6 volumes or plates from the 19th or early 20th century: 1/ WACHTER (Louis). Aperçus équestres au point de vue de la méthode Baucher. Paris, Dumaine, 1862. One volume in-12, half calf post. with corners, upper cover preserved. (2) ff., XV, 270 pp. Spotting, foxing, old handwritten annotations in pencil, reinforcement to plate. 24 figures in the text and 1 folding plate outside the text showing the different attitudes of a galloping horse by means of a small device called Phénakisticope. Thanks to this ingenious instrument, Wachter was able to come very close to the attitudes revealed 16 years later by instant photography. 2/ SAVARY DE LANCOSME-BREVES (Louis-Stanislas). Théorie de la centaurisation pour arriver promptement à l'exécution du mouvement de l'ordonnance. Paris, J. Dumaine, 1860. One volume in-16 paperback. 180 pp. Wear, traces of adhesive to endpapers, unpocketing, old handwritten annotations in pencil. First edition in which the author expresses the importance of the physical union but also of the moral union of the rider and his mount. 3/ STRADA (Comte Édouard-Armand de ). Exposé du nouveau système de frein pour arrêter les chevaux emportés. Patented without government guarantee. Paris, A. Appert, 1860. Booklet in-8, half cloth post, gilt title on spine, covers preserved. 8 pp, (1) f. Scattered foxing. One folded lithographed plate. "The proposed device is intended to stop the horse breathing". Mennessier de La Lance. 4/ LAGARENNE (Capitaine de). Cours d'Équitation élémentaire professé à MM. les Lieutenant d'Infanterie en 1890-91. S.l., 1891. In-8 paperback of 59 pp. Wear, small lacks at the edge of the cover. Qq. figures in the text. 5/ BOISGILBERT (pseud. of Jean-Charles DUBOIS). Baucher and outdoor riding. His last instructions. Saumur, J.B. Robert, s.d. One volume in-8 paperback. 54 pp. Worn. First edition. 6/ BROOKE (Geoffrey). Horse-senses and horsemanship of to-day. London, Constable an Company, 1926. One volume in-8, full publisher's boards. XXII, 180 pp. Scattered foxing. Frontispiece and numerous plates in hors-texte.
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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