First edition. Contains chapters on the characteristics of various breeds of horses, about breeding and stud features; the plate shows different types of horseshoes. Fine provenance copy from the library of Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88), father of Empress Elizabeth.The Duke had a hippodrome install ...
Om "Hestetugt .. og om årsagerne til dens datidige forfald med forslag til genopretning .." 1754 (2. oplag 1770) af J. C. Zehentner - kgl. preussisk staldmester, direktør for ride-akademierne i Berlin og Frankfurt/Oder., First edition. The author "seems to have been a good horseman" (cf. Schrader/ ...