79/1912 [Horses and horsemanship]. Pluvinel, A. de. l'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de monter a cheval. Paris, P. Rocolet, 1627, (6),207p., woodcut title-vignette, 56 double-p. engr. plates by C. DE PASSE THE YOUNGER, late 19th cent. hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, folio.

- Without the engr. title-p. and the 3 portraits listed in Mennessier de la Lance, but incl. 6 full-p. plates of bits (instead of 6 in reduced size on 3 plates that Mennessier de la Lance lists for his edition); skips (lacks?) plate 50; letterpress title-p. doubled; one plate sm. printing flaw in lower right corner; textpages partly browned (incl. first 22 pages); 14 plates foxed/ (sl.) browned.

= Numbering of the plates: 1-15, 1 unnumb. ("Dernière figure de la première partie"), 16-49, 51-56. Contains 2 repeated plates (plate 27 = 30 and plate 10 = 32, both explicitly mentioning in the engr. that the plates serve two different parts of the work) and 1 plate (no.23) that functions both as plate 23 and 29; Mennessier de La Lance II, p.330. Very attractive plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.