Wallhausen, Art militaire a cheval; Art de chevalerie, Frankfurt, 1616, 2 volumes

WALLHAUSEN, JOHANN JACOBI VON

Two works on cavalry, comprising:

i. Art militaire a cheval. Instruction des principes et fondements de la cavallerie. Frankfurt: Paul Jacobi for Johann Theodor de Bry, 1616, folio, title within engraved border, engraved armorial, 44 engraved plates (36 double-page, 2 folding), contemporary limp vellum, title-page torn and repaired, occasional browning

ii. Art de chevalerie. Comprenant... l'instruction de touts avantages & dexteritez, necessaires a chascun chevalier. Frankfurt: Paul Jacobi for Lucas Jennis, 1616, small 4to, title within engraved border, 13 double-page engraved plates, woodcut device at end, sprinkled calf, one plate defective

together 2 volumes

LITERATURE:

VD17 32:644881L & 23:241395S

PROVENANCE:

2nd work: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), armorial bookplate