Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108
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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108
PLUVINEL, ANTOINE DE
L’instruction du roy, en l’exercice de monter a cheval. Paris: Ruette, 1629
Folio (372 x 245mm.), double-page engraved additional title, 4 engraved portraits, 54 engraved plates (only, of 57), text in French and German eighteenth-century, mottled calf, lacks 3 plates, one plate defective, rubbed, extremities worn
PROVENANCE:
Thomas Hamilton (1721–1794), 7th Earl of Haddington, engraved armorial bookplate