Science et l'art de l'équitation, démontrés d'après la nature; ou Théorie et pratique de l'équitation, fondées sur l'anatomie, la méchanique, la géométrie, et la physique.

8vo: xxix-347-[1] pp. (some browning some pl. more affected than others, some staining on the edges running towards the margins).

Contemp. red sheep (?) with corners, cloth covers, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands (restored), marbled endpapers.

Second edition (first 1776) by the French Dupaty de Clam (1744-1782), knight of honour, musketeer and member of the academies of La Rochelle and Bordeaux. Illustrated with 9 engr. pl. after Harguinier showing the various positions of the rider and the paces of the horse. The first part is devoted to the rider's learning, the second to horse training.
Ref. Mennessier I:424. - Dejager 313. - Cp. BnF (first ed.). - COPAC.
Prov. Old notes on flyleaf.