The modern riding-master, or, A key to the knowledge of the horse, and horsemanship : with several necessary rules for young horsemen / by Philip Astley ... ; adorned with various engravings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astley, Philip, 1742-1814.

Contributor:

Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.

Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horsemanship--Early works to 1800.

Horsemanship.

Penn Provenance:

Rogers, Fairman, 1833-1900 (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered pages-40 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Modern riding-master

Key to the knowledge of the horse, and horsemanship

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for and sold by the author ..., 1775.

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.

Woodcuts: ill.; head- and tail-pieces.

Local Notes:

Fairman Rogers copy: Each leaf mounted and bound to 33 cm. (fol.)

Fairman Rogers copy: Mounted and bound at the end are copies of the 29 plates from Henry W. Bunbury's "An academy for grown horsemen" and "Annals of horsemanship," both published under the pseud. Geoffrey Gambado.

Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: title leaf and prelims. leaves detached from spine.

Cited in:

Fox, C.G. The Fairman Rogers Coll. on the horse and equitation, 42

Related Work:

Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. Academy for grown horsemen.

Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. Annals of horsemanship.

OCLC:

63663871