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Creator:
Garsault, François A. de (François Alexandre), 1693-1778
Title(s):

Le guide du cavalier / par M. de Garsault, auteur du Nouveau Parfait Maréchal.

Published/Created:
A Paris : Chez les Libraires associés, M.DCC.LXX [1770]
Physical Description:
v [i.e. iv], 311[i.e. 216] p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm. (BEIN Copy 2: 17 cm.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF309 .G37 1770
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Colophon reads: De l'imprimerie de Didot, rue Pavée, 1769.
Plates engraved by Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette after De Garsault.
Signatures: pi² A-I¹².
Title vignette, head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Plate no. 1 has half-title and is generally bound either as added engraved t.p. or as frontispiece.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 59
BEIN 1977 2306 copy 2: Plate 1, with half-title, is bound as front.
BAC: Copy lacks plate no. 4. Plate no. 1 bound as added engraved t.p.
BAC: Copy has 20th century bookplate of Lucien Camille Goldschmidt with MS inscription "With many good wishes for the holidays and the new year May I add how strongly I admire the new wing of the National Gallery" on inside of upper board (copy was a gift from Goldschmidt to Paul Mellon for Christmas 1978). 18th/19th century ownership inscription (faded and illegible) on t.p.
Subject Terms:
Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership
Didot, François-Ambroise, 1730-1804 -- Printer.
Goldschmidt, Lucien Camille -- Bookplate
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1770.
Engravings -- 1770.
Contributors:
Garsault, François A. de (François Alexandre), 1693-1778, ill.
Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas, 1745-1810, engraver.
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