75/2250 [Horses and horsemanship]. Eisenberg, F.W. von. Description du manège moderne. Dans sa perfection, Expliqué par des Leçons necessaires, et representé par des Figures exactes, depuis l'Assiette de l'Homme à Cheval, jusqu'à l'Arrest accompagné aussi de divers Mords pour bien brider le Chevaux. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Zürich, 1743), (1dedic.),56 textlvs., engr. title-p., 55 (of 57) plates by B. PICART and D. HERRLIBERGER (incl. the two divisional plates bound at the end), contemp. boards, obl. folio.

- Lacks plates 18 and 42; plate 23 loosely inserted and trimmed to the borders; plate 3 sm. waterstain in lower blank margin; engr. title sl. frayed and duststained in blank margins and w. two folds in image. Contents fine. Binding worn along extremities.

= The rare Zürich edition of this lavishly illustrated work, first published in 1727. Apart from many plates accompanied by letterpress instructions on all manner of horseriding, the work opens with a series of 7 attractive plates of various horse breeds and their characteristics ("l'Andaloux", "le Barbe", "l'Allemand", "Napolitain", "Cheval Anglois", "Cheval Turc", and "l'Arabe"). Menessier de la Lance I, p.438 note; cf. Nissen, ZBI 1264; Lipperheide Tc 41. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.