Lot 64

William Cavendish (1592 - 1676) A BAROQUE RIDING SCHOOL

The first German edition of the famous English riding school with a parallel French text on the page in two columns. Monumental printed tables mostly with appropriate equestrian content, as well as portraits of the author on horseback or horse bridles engraved according to the designs of Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675), master of the Flemish school, Rubens' assistant. Large two-sheet boards with the text at the top, a total format of 32 x 38 cm and larger, are often presented and offered as free graphics for their individual attractiveness. Here in rich quality prints with wide edges, folds without damage. William Cavendish (1592-1676), First Duke of Newcastle, English military leader, member of the House, writer and poet. As a wealthy enlightened courtier of James I and Charles I and a Cambridge graduate, he was a supporter of science and art, and since 1650 a bearer of the Garter Order. This excellent horse rider and trainer came up with new methods of dressage and put them into practice.