CAVENDISH, WILLIAM, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. Des Welt-berühmten Hertzog Wilhelms von Newcastle Neu-eröffnete Reit-Bahn welche Erstlich durch Ihme selbsten erfunden und in Englischer Sprache ans Licht gebracht; ins reine Teutsche gebracht von... Johann Philipp Ferdinand Pernauer... / Nouvelle methode pour dresser les chevaux... Nürnberg, in Verlegung Johann Ziegers und Georg Lehmanns. Gedruckt bey Johann Michael Spörlin, 1700.

Folio (c. 330x215 mm. binding). (28), 301, (1 blank) pp. German title printed in red and black [and] printed title in French. 1 full-page engraved armorial weapon (on verso of French title), 76 engraved plates (of 81) partly folding or mostly double page (lacking 5 plates [page 221: 1-5], 1 plate defect [page 40], large folding plate in the beginning with repaired tears and spotting, some creases, a few minor repairs, a few with minor damages to margin, some minor spotting and foxing; engraved title with minor spots, small tear to upper part; text with some foxing and partly with minor dampstaining, minor repair to page 165.

Together with:
WINTER, VON ADLERSFLÜGEL, GEORGE-SIMON. Tractatio nova et auctior de re equaria. - Neuer und vermehrter Tractat von der Stuterey oder Fohlen-Zucht. Nürnberg, W. M. Endter, 1703.

Contemporary full leather binding, worn, boards warped, partly split joints, spine in compartments. Bookplate of Carl Fischerström.
Ref. Menessier de la Lance II:649. - VD-18 1477318X. - Nissen (ZBI) 4426.

Condition: Lacking the engraved title (only small part exists), both titles with paperloss in upper margin, spotting and soiling, some signatures and erased names, engraved coat-of-arms partly with dampstain to margin and small loss to upper part;

First German (and French) edition of this famous work on horses and horsemanship. First published 1667. Richly illustrated with plates showing training of horses.
Lipperheide 2912, Nissen ZBI 652. De la Lance II,250.

Provenance: Per Philip Jacob Waloddi Fischerström 1828-1892, married to Ida Aminoff. Crown Equerry, colonel, hippologist, courtier, manager of Strömsholm's stud farm and first manager of Strömsholm Riding School. Fischerström participated in the occupation corps in Schleswig 1849-50 and attended the Spanish Riding School in Vienna 1862-63. As the first director of the riding school, Fischerström had a great influence on the riding skills within the Swedish army.