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Essai de bibliographie hippique, donnant la description détaillée des ouvrages publiés ou traduits en Latin et en Français sur le cheval et la cavalerie § Supplément
Paris, Lucien Dorbon, 1915-1921Three volumes in two (25 cm), I (1915): vii (3), 760 pp. II (1917): (4) 736 pp. III (Supplément, 1921): (4) 64 pp. Uniformly bound in morocco-backed glazed-paper boards, top edges gilt. - First edition. ¶ Paper of the Supplément evenly browned, as usual; a very fine copy in a collector’s binding. -
Bibliotheca Hippologica I.H. Anderhub : alte Pferdebücher (catalogue for Auktion 84 conducted by Karl & Faber, Munich, 25 June 1963)
Munich, Karl & Faber, 1963(24 cm), 54 pp., illustrations. 376 lots. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Unmarked copy. No Price list. -
Books on the horse and horsemanship, riding, hunting, breeding & racing, 1400-1941
London, Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1981(30 cm), xvii (3), 427 (1) pp., c. 350 black & white illustrations, [18] leaves of colour plates. 513 catalogue entries. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - These sporting books were in Mellon’s possession at the time of his death in February 1999 and were bequeathed to the Yale Center for British Art. Cf. James B. Cummins, Jr, “The Paul Mellon Collection of Sporting Books” in The Yale University Library Gazette, volume 75 (2001), pp.167-187. This is the last of four volumes in the series “Sport in Art and Books: The Paul Mellon Collection”, all published by the Tate Gallery (Drawings, 1978; Paintings, 1978; Prints, 1981). ¶ Fine copy. -
Glorious horsemen : equestrian art in Europe, 1500-1800 (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 27 September-29 November 1981; and J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, 11 January-28 February 1982)
Springfield, MA, Springfield Library and Museums Association, 1981(28 cm), 199 (1) pp., illustrations (many in colour). 167 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - An exhibition centred around the Speed Museum’s own ecorché model of a horse, attributed to Luigi Valadier, also featuring sculptures, coins and medals, drawings, prints, illustrated books, paintings and tapestries. The catalogue is divided into five sections: The ancient heritage (examines the Renaissance fascination with antiquity, and the influence of famous ancient horse sculptures in Italy); the equestrian portrait; the art of equitation; triumphs and festivals; and the anatomy of the horse. ¶ Lower wrapper torn. -
The horse : a bibliography of British books 1851-1976 with a narrative commentary on the rôle of the horse in British social history, as revealed by the contemporary literature
London, Library Association, 1982(26 cm), xxxiv, 474 pp., 50 illustrations. 3226 catalogue entries. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. ¶ Copy 601 of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine copy. -
Exceptionnelle bibliothèque hippique : Manuscrits des XIIIe, XVe, XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe : Livres anciens, XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe : Livres XIXe [other title:] Bibliothèque hippique de l'ancienne collection du Baron de Curnieu (catalogue for an auction sale conducted by Jean Claude Couturier & Raymond de Nicolay with the expertise of Guy Martin, 25 February 1986)
Paris, Etude Couturier Nicolay, SCP, 1986(28.5 cm), [104] pp., illustrations (some in colour). 353 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Sale catalogue for the library of Charles Louis Adelaïde Henri Matheron, Baron de Curnieu (1811-1871), author of Leçons de science hippique générale (Paris 1855-1857). It contained (lot 120) an early 16th-century manuscript on vellum of “Nature & vertu des Chevaux”, formerly in the libraries of the duc de La Vallière and J.B. Huzard (latter’s sale, 26 June 1843, lot 3528; Bertrand Galimard Flavigny, Le livre roi: chroniques d’un bibliophile, 1978-1989, Paris 1989, pp.57-58); and a manuscript “Extratto da un libro de razza da cavalli del Re Ferrante Vechio de Aragona” (lot 144), dated 1541 (returned to the market in Sotheby’s, London, 5 December 1994, lot 85; now University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 29). ¶ Unmarked copy. Photocopy of List of estimates loosely inserted. No Price list. -
Collection Jean Berger livres rares sur la chasse (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's Monaco SAM, Hôtel Métropole, Monte Carlo, 2 July 1993)
Monte Carlo, Christie’s Monaco SAM, 1993(27 cm), 121 (11) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 164 lots. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Occasional pencil annotation. -
Sammlung Henry A. Sarasin [other title:] Pferdebücher des 16.-19 Jhs., Festbücher, Jagdbücher, Militaria etc (catalogue for an auction sale conducted by Moirandat Company AG, Basel, 9 October 1999)
Basel, Moirandat Company AG, 1999(27 cm), xvi, 224 (4) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 377 lots. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list. -
[Stock catalogues, numbered series:] 7-15
Gémozac (France), Librairie Philippica, [2000?-2004?]Nine volumes (various sizes, 20-24 cm), in publisher’s printed wrappers, as issued. ¶ Tiny mark on one catalogue cover; otherwise as new.
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