An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions For Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling; Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated By Various Correspondents
by Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. Nicholson for W. Baynes, 1808 . Leather. Very Good. 13.5" by 10.5". Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]. A lovely example of Henry William Bunbury's humorous work satirising horsemen, entertainingly illustrated throughout with caricatures by the author. The third edition of 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', bound with 'Annals of Horsemanship', as is common with this work.Illustrated with thirty plates in total; twelve plates plus a frontispiece to 'An Academy For Grown Horsemen', and sixteen plates and a frontispiece to 'Annals of Horsemanship'. Collated, complete. An entertaining satirical work on horsemanship, enlivened with illustrated caricatures.The second work is a parody of Arthur Young's 'Annals of Agriculture', a periodical published in forty-five volumes from 1784 to 1815.This work departs from the typical use caricatures of political satire of the day, instead using the humour of the drawings to mock society, in particular the antics of horseman.Illustrated by the author, Henry William Bunbury, a very popular caricaturist of the Georgian era. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to joints and board perimeters, with marks to boards. Front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout, most concentrated to plate perimeters. Loss to fore edge of one plate, and closed tear to fore edge of another. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions For Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling; Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated By Various Correspondents
- Author
- Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]
- Illustrator
- Geoffrey Gambado [Henry William Bunbury]
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Nicholson for W. Baynes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- 13.5" by 10.5"
- Keywords
- geoffrey gambado thomas rowlandson horses francis markham thomas rowlandson
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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