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Auction 120, Lot 800

"[Lot of 2 - Horses]", Winter, George Simon

Subject: Horsemanship

Period: 1672 (circa)

Publication: Tractatio nova de re equaria…

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.5 x 10.5 inches
34.3 x 26.7 cm
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Two double-page engravings from this seminal publication on 17th-century equestrian dressage and horse rearing. These sheets illustrate 18 types of horses from Barbary to Friesian with meticulous attention to conformation. Also known as Winter von Adlersflügel, George Simon Winter was a veterinarian and the director of several German stud farms including the Württemberg stud farms of Güterstein, Offenhausen and the main stud farm at Marbach in Suabia. He published a number of treatises on raising horses, equestrian art and veterinary medicine. Among them, the "New treatise on equestrian topics" appeared in German in 1672 and was translated into Latin, French, and Italian. Sizes vary slightly.

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Condition: B

A few spots of foxing and a couple of printer's creases, still attractive examples on sound sheets of thin paper.

Estimate: $500 - $600

Sold for: $350

Closed on 7/18/2007

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