MARKHAM, Gervase (1568?-1638). The Gentleman's Accomplish'd Jockey: with The Compleat Horseman and Approved Farrier. London: H. Tracy, 1722. 12° (136 x 82mm). Woodcut of a horseman and his dog on G12v bound in as frontispiece. (Cropped, affecting running titles and outer margin of F4, some browning and staining, woodcut wormed at margin, title slightly torn at lower corner, A2-3 creased at corner, front endpaper almost detached), contemporary tree sheep (rebacked and recornered). Provenance: Douglas Peter Crossmann (1908-1989, lot 14 in Christie's sale 1 September 2008).
FIRST AND ONLY RECORDED EDITION of this compilation, which is chiefly indebted to the Discourse of Horsemanship and Markham's Masterpiece. Only 4 copies in ESTC, one in a private collection. Poynter *3.1.
MARKHAM, Gervase (1568?-1638). The Gentleman's Accomplish'd Jockey: with The Compleat Horseman and Approved Farrier. London: H. Tracy, 1722. 12° (136 x 82mm). Woodcut of a horseman and his dog on G12v bound in as frontispiece. (Cropped, affecting running titles and outer margin of F4, some browning and staining, woodcut wormed at margin, title slightly torn at lower corner, A2-3 creased at corner, front endpaper almost detached), contemporary tree sheep (rebacked and recornered). Provenance: Douglas Peter Crossmann (1908-1989, lot 14 in Christie's sale 1 September 2008).
FIRST AND ONLY RECORDED EDITION of this compilation, which is chiefly indebted to the Discourse of Horsemanship and Markham's Masterpiece. Only 4 copies in ESTC, one in a private collection. Poynter *3.1.
