[Horses] Two titles: (1) Pons-d'Hostun, L.H. de. L'écuyer des dames, ou Lettres sur l'équitation

Contenant des principes et des exemples sur l'art de monter à cheval; ouvrage utile à l'un et à l'autre sexe, et orné de figures gravées d'apres les dessins d' H. Vernet. Deuxième édition (...). Paris, Madame Huzard, 1817, 162 p., w. 3 engr. plates, cont. treecalf, both sides w. gilt border, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, a.e.g. Both covers w. superficial remnants of former tape near spine, and bumped corners. A good, attractively bound copy. Menessier de La Lance II, p. 336. (2) Mme. J. Stirling-Clarke. Le cheval et l'amazone. Traité complet de l'équitation des dames. Brussels etc., Widow [Parent & Sons etc.], 1861, 234,(II) p., w. 4 col. lithogr. plates (showing the 4 stages of a trip on horseback), woodcut ills. in the text, orig. printed wr., large 8vo. A few lvs sl. frayed, frontwr. almost loose. A (very) good copy, completely as issued in the fragile wrappers, uncut and partly unopened. Menessier de la Lance II, p. 536. Rare. The original English edition (The habit of the horse; a treatise of female equitation) appeared in 1857, in our edition the introduction is present in both English and French. Mrs. J. Stirling-Clarke wrote the book because "although many books have been published which succesfully impart a knowledge of riding to gentlemen, not one has appeared that can be regarded as a sufficiently comprehensive treatise for ladies, who are desirous of perfecting themselves in an accomplishment so requiring, in their case, advise and instruction (...)."

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