Lot 1346 , D'Eisenburg, le Baron Friedrich Wilhelm - Description du Manége Moderne. Dans sa perfection, expliqué par des lecons necessaires, et representé part des figures exactes, depuis l'assiette de l'homme à cheval ... First Ed

° D'Eisenburg, le Baron Friedrich Wilhelm - Description du Manége Moderne. Dans sa perfection, expliqué par des lecons necessaires, et representé part des figures exactes, depuis l'assiette de l'homme à cheval ... First Edition (2nd, the 'London' issue). engraved pictorial title, dedication, avertissement, 4pp. subscribers / table and 53 (ex.59) plates (engraved by Bernard Picart) - their descriptive text on verso of a preceding leaf; old half calf and marbled boards, gilt ruled and panelled spine with red label, oblong folio. (?Paris), 1727. *the elaborate title is dated 1727, the original dedication apparently being to Louis XV; however the dedication here is to King George II and dated A. Londres le 4 Decemb. 1728. By the great equine connoisseur and classical master; sometime director (for the Hapsburg Court) of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. In the avertissement due acknowledgement is given to his renowned 17th century forbear William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. Headed by the King (also Elector of Hanover) the subscribers count many of the leading Continental and British nobility amongst their number
£100-150

Condition:
Lacks plates 1, 6, 7, 17, 20 and 45; slight binding wear, marginal stains on few plates, and some with pencil scribbles on versos, 2 plates pencil sketches on plate (not affecting horse and rider); 2nd plate with sketch of horse beneath text, front e/p. and blank creased: rectos of text leaves blank; French title and text throughout. Not in Mellon, but see Dejager 256