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HORSEMANSHIP] LOEHNEYSS, GEORG ENGELHARD VON. Della cavalleria, das ist: Gruendtlicher und ausfuehrlicher Bericht von Allem wa... . Remlingen: by the author, 1624. Third edition. Modern brown calf in period style. 17 x 12 cm (44 x 30 cm); title within engraved historiated frame, engraved portait on verso, 11 double-page engraved plates, 51 engraved plates of processions, 9 engraved illustrations in text; [4], 614 [2] pp., including final blank. Wear to lower right corner of text block, periphery of title with restorations including remargining at head, P2 with pen restoration to image and with loss to the text of the final eight lines of of the outer column, many small repairs, paper somewhat toned as usual; Together with GRISONE, FEDERICO. Kuenstlicher Bericht und allerzierlichste Beschreybung. [Augsburg: Willer, 1599]. 19th century binding utilizing a sixteenth century manuscript leaf. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (32 x 21 cm); woodcut illustrations throughout. Soiled, dampstaining and repairs. The Loehneyss is an extraordinary work, with wood-engraved plates of caparisons, bits, tackle, dressage, anatomy, military exercise etc. Lipperheide Tc22; Nissen ZBI 2542. C