Author: HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich
Title: Reitschule Oder Darstellung Des Natürlichen Und Künstlichen Ganges Des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern Und Kurzen Erklärungen
Description: Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800. Seven Superb Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting A Late Eighteenth Century Riding School By Carl Adolph Hess The text with instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich. Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern und kurzen Erklärungen: in Beziehung auf das Hünersdorfsche Werk: Anleitung zu der natürlichsten und leichtesten Art, Pferde abzurichten. Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800-1802. First edition. Two parts in one. Large quarto (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches: 317 x 260 mm.). Title supplied in manuscript, [4, foreword], [3, list of plates], [1, blank]. Seven hand colored engraved plates, all mounted on stubs. Plates 2-7 numbered at top right-hand corner. Contemporary tree calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked. Housed in a custom-made, brown cloth folding chemise, spine with black morocco label lettered in gilt. A fine copy. A suite of horse-riding engravings by Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger after sketches by Carl Adolf Heinrich Hess. The text leaves contain instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses. A rare and charming series of seven hand colored etched plates representing equestrian scenes. Each plate with the imprint "Hess inv." and Krüger Sclulp". The first four plates are from 1800, the last three from 1802 (Lipperheide) Carl Adolf Heinrich Hess (1769-1849), was a renowned German painter who was particularly renowned for his depiction of horses and equestrian scenes. Best known as a painter in oil, watercolor and pastel of horses and military scenes, Hess also tried his hand at engraving, the technique of which he learned from Krüger, the co-signatory of this series. Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756-1834) was a Saxon engraver and professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . A lovely copy of this series that no bibliographer has seen and which is absent from the catalogs of the largest specialized collections such as Huzard, Huth, Curnieu or Anderhub. Rare: OCLC/KVK locating just a handful of copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. The Plates: 1. [A wild horse] 2. Der natürliche Schritt (The natural step) dated 1800. 3. Der natürliche Trab (The natural trot) 4. Der natürliche Galop (The natural galop) 5. Schritt (Step) 6. Ausgedehnter Trab (Extended trot) 7. Langsamer Trab (Slow trot) Bobins IV, 1398; Nissen, ZBI 1926; Von Lipperheide 2930. .
Keywords: Books in German Horses
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Title: Reitschule Oder Darstellung Des Natürlichen Und Künstlichen Ganges Des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern Und Kurzen Erklärungen
Description: Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800. Seven Superb Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting A Late Eighteenth Century Riding School By Carl Adolph Hess The text with instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich. Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern und kurzen Erklärungen: in Beziehung auf das Hünersdorfsche Werk: Anleitung zu der natürlichsten und leichtesten Art, Pferde abzurichten. Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800-1802. First edition. Two parts in one. Large quarto (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches: 317 x 260 mm.). Title supplied in manuscript, [4, foreword], [3, list of plates], [1, blank]. Seven hand colored engraved plates, all mounted on stubs. Plates 2-7 numbered at top right-hand corner. Contemporary tree calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked. Housed in a custom-made, brown cloth folding chemise, spine with black morocco label lettered in gilt. A fine copy. A suite of horse-riding engravings by Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger after sketches by Carl Adolf Heinrich Hess. The text leaves contain instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses. A rare and charming series of seven hand colored etched plates representing equestrian scenes. Each plate with the imprint "Hess inv." and Krüger Sclulp". The first four plates are from 1800, the last three from 1802 (Lipperheide) Carl Adolf Heinrich Hess (1769-1849), was a renowned German painter who was particularly renowned for his depiction of horses and equestrian scenes. Best known as a painter in oil, watercolor and pastel of horses and military scenes, Hess also tried his hand at engraving, the technique of which he learned from Krüger, the co-signatory of this series. Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756-1834) was a Saxon engraver and professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . A lovely copy of this series that no bibliographer has seen and which is absent from the catalogs of the largest specialized collections such as Huzard, Huth, Curnieu or Anderhub. Rare: OCLC/KVK locating just a handful of copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. The Plates: 1. [A wild horse] 2. Der natürliche Schritt (The natural step) dated 1800. 3. Der natürliche Trab (The natural trot) 4. Der natürliche Galop (The natural galop) 5. Schritt (Step) 6. Ausgedehnter Trab (Extended trot) 7. Langsamer Trab (Slow trot) Bobins IV, 1398; Nissen, ZBI 1926; Von Lipperheide 2930. .
Keywords: Books in German Horses
Price: US$ 1500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05915
- Book number: 05915
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