Reitschule Fur Damen: Nach Dem Lady's Equestrian Manual

Braunschweig, Oehme & Muller, 1839. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding with blind debossed boards and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. 92 pp. Illustrated throughout. Marbled edges. German. "Riding school for women: after the Lady's equestrian manual." A book outlining principles of horsewomanship and proper sidesaddle technique, from general care to jumping. An interesting look into how the German classical riding tradition translated to women who partook of the sport. VG-, some stains on cover and endsheets, foxing throughout, pencil markings on front flyleaf and some wear to front hinge. Still very readable.

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Book number: 177902

Catalogue: Manners and Customs - European

Keywords: Manners and Customs, Equestrian, Horses ; Equestrian ; ;

Lilly, John

A Collection of Modern Entries, or, Select Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Please, and Exchequer: To Which Is Added a Collection of Writs in Most Cases Now in Practice: With Two Tables, One of the Names of the Cases, and the Other of the Pleadings and Writs. Volume 2

Dublin, Printed for Burnett, 1792. Hardcover. Full leather over boards; five raised bands on spine; one red and one black applied leather blocks in gilt design in compartments; 328 pp. THIS IS VOLUME 2 ONLY. "First published in 1732 and a standard work for decades, it contains pleadings arranged alphabetically, entries on the rolls of the court and precedents of writs original and judicial" -- website. Fair(front cover is detached and very worn and portions of leather are cracking off at corners and edges; spine and hinges are split and some leather is cracking off; names of previous owners written on front cover and inside front cover; pages are age toned, as expected. Some pages show closed tears; minor damp staining on inside of both front and back covers.) .

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Book number: 191257

Catalogue: Manners and Customs - European

Keywords: British Law ; British CIVIL Procedure ; ; British Law

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: In Three Volumes

London, John Darby, 1727. Hardcover. Full leather; Spine with five raised bands; 364 pp.; bw illustrated frontispiece of the author; bw illustration on title page; bw illustrated divisional headpieces. THIS IS VOLUME 1. "Volume 1. A letter concerning enthusiasm -- Sensus communis : an essay on the freedom of wit and humour -- Soliloquy, or advice to an author" -- FirstSearch. Fair(Front cover is missing; back cover is rubbed on edges and faded; some portions of back cover has cracked off at the edges; spine is partially detached from foot end of back cover; spine is faded; title on spine compartment has been rubbed away; pages have some damp staining and age toning; some markings and minor stains in the text throughout; front endpaper torn almost entirely from hinge; pages are clean and lightly age toned, as expected with age) .

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Book number: 191288

Catalogue: Manners and Customs - European

Keywords: Manners, Customs, Ethics ; Manners and Customs -- European ; ; Manners, Customs, Ethics