Dec 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2689 -

Sale 2689 - Lot 203

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(EQUINE.) William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux. Double-page engraved additional title and 42 double-page engraved plates of horses and horsemanship after Abraham van Diepenbeeck. Folio, 18x12 inches, worn contemporary calf, needs binding; front endpaper and engraved title detached, moderate foxing and offset (heavier to the text), plate 21 with early margin repairs, a few other marginal paper defects; armorial bookplate of Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill to the front pastedown and verso of title-page. Antwerp: Jacques van Meurs, 1657 [1658]