GAMBADO Geoffrey [BUNBURY William Henry]

ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents... [&] AN ACADEMY FOR GROWN HORSEMEN Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Stumbling and Tumbling...

Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, 1796. Item #137349

2 vols in 1. 4to (13½ x 10 ins). Contemporary half morocco on marbled paper-laid boards, raised ribbed spine gilt ruled in six compartments, top edge gilt (some light wear at edges of boards - otherwise VG). Pp. [ii] + xvii + [1] blank + 81 + [1] catalogue[&] xx + 36 + [1] blank + 80 [&] xix + 36, illus with 28 engraved plates (lacks 1 plate facing p. 38 vol I; pages and plates rather toned and marked throughout and some plates worn at edges; small perforation at edge of p. xvii/xvii vol II; previous owner's name label on upper board and neat inscription in contemporary hand on front paste-down).

Price: £400.00