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DRUMMOND DE MELFORT.
Treatise on cavalry. À Paris, de l'Impr. de G. Desprez, 1776.
Two volumes, text and plates.
First edition. The text volume is illustrated with a frontispiece designed and engraved by Ingouf l'aîné, 1 vignette on the title, 4 headpieces and 3 crosspieces, all by Van Balrenberghe engraved by Macret,
Beurlier and Pruneau, and 11 plates engraved after Dupuis| the atlas of this copy contains 32 plates engraved after drawings by Van Blarenberghe (title page, table page and the 22 figures engraved after Parrocel in deficit).
Text vol. in-folio, XXII p. (including false-title and title), [1] f. (subscribers), 505 p., [1] f. (privileges, notice to the bookbinder), fr., pl., figs., red basane circa 1900, 5-ribbed spine, author, title and gilt roulettes, untrimmed, side edges gilt on witnesses (defects including scuffing and rubbing, head-cap split, light halos and sporadic browning). Vol. of large folio plates (approx.
64 x 48 cm.), circa 1900 half-garnet banded shagreen, red basane boards, 6-rib spine, gilded author, title, fleurons and roulettes (head cap torn off, upper jaw split at tail, scuffing| qq.
freckles, one plate missing outside figure| title page, table page and 22 figures lacking| as is).
(Mennessier de la Lance, 409)
Treatise on cavalry. À Paris, de l'Impr. de G. Desprez, 1776.
Two volumes, text and plates.
First edition. The text volume is illustrated with a frontispiece designed and engraved by Ingouf l'aîné, 1 vignette on the title, 4 headpieces and 3 crosspieces, all by Van Balrenberghe engraved by Macret,
Beurlier and Pruneau, and 11 plates engraved after Dupuis| the atlas of this copy contains 32 plates engraved after drawings by Van Blarenberghe (title page, table page and the 22 figures engraved after Parrocel in deficit).
Text vol. in-folio, XXII p. (including false-title and title), [1] f. (subscribers), 505 p., [1] f. (privileges, notice to the bookbinder), fr., pl., figs., red basane circa 1900, 5-ribbed spine, author, title and gilt roulettes, untrimmed, side edges gilt on witnesses (defects including scuffing and rubbing, head-cap split, light halos and sporadic browning). Vol. of large folio plates (approx.
64 x 48 cm.), circa 1900 half-garnet banded shagreen, red basane boards, 6-rib spine, gilded author, title, fleurons and roulettes (head cap torn off, upper jaw split at tail, scuffing| qq.
freckles, one plate missing outside figure| title page, table page and 22 figures lacking| as is).
(Mennessier de la Lance, 409)