Cavendish. Cavendish, William. Methode et invention... Lot 365

[Cavendish]. Cavendish, William. Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux. London, Brindley, 1737. In 2nd (495 x 310 mm); 2 tomes in 1 volume.Double-page frontispiece signed Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658, and 38 of 42 double-page plates (missing plates 7, 9, 11, and 12, other defects.) Red half-leather binding (spine largely missing). Exemplar with beards of this renowned equestrian publication edited by Cavendish,an English nobleman of the Royalist party who can be considered as one of the personalities who most contributed to the Baroque in England. (2)