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DELCAMPE. L'Art de monter à cheval, pour élever la noblesse …
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126
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DELCAMPE. L'Art de monter à cheval, pour élever la noblesse …
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
DELCAMPE. L'Art de monter à cheval, pour élever la noblesse dans les plus beaux airs du manège. New edition. [Followed by:] BEAUREPER, Sieur de [Samuel Fouquet de Beaurepaire]. Traité des remèdes les plus utiles et nécessaires pour la guérison des Chevaux. Revised and expanded in this new edition. Paris, Nicolas Le Gras, 1691. 2 parts in one volume in-12, contemporary brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated. (2) ff, 208 pp; 96 pp, (2) ff. Rubbing and wear, head cap damaged.
5 folded plates (including frontispiece) engraved by Gabriel Ladame. "Delcampe's riding principles are slightly better than those of Pluvinel and especially Newcastle. His methods are simpler, he keeps his horses straighter and in less artificial action. Fouquet de Beaurepaire, author of the Remedies section, is said to have played an important part in L'Art de monter à cheval by Delcampe, of whom he was a friend. Mennessier de la Lance, I, 376.
From the library of Paul Couturier de Royas with ex libris vignette.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books, including hunting and riding libraries
Auction location
Auction time
06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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