REIZENSTEIN, Wolf Ehrenfried von (1712-1778). Der Vollkommene Pferde-Kenner . Uffenheim: Simon Meyer, 1764. The first edition of an encyclopedic guide to horse ownership, with a glossary of Hebrew equestrian vocabulary. Horse-trading was a primarily Jewish occupation in Eastern Europe, and Jewish dealers used a Hebrew dialect to keep trade secrets from their German competitors. This glossary, as well as a series of sample dialogues in Hebrew on horse-related subjects, was a major selling point of the manual—along with engravings by Andreas Hoffer after Johann David Steingruber. In this copy, all the engravings from both parts are bound together at the end. Lipperheide 2928. Two parts in one, quarto (214 x 171mm). Engraved frontispiece; 28 engraved plates, some of which are folding; woodcut ornaments throughout (frontispiece cropped, spotting). Early nineteenth-century half vellum over speckled boards, ink title on spine, edges red (spine starting, some loss to boards). Provenance : Kaspar von Bergen (c. 1839, a German veterinary student; signature).
REIZENSTEIN, Wolf Ehrenfried von (1712-1778). Der Vollkommene Pferde-Kenner . Uffenheim: Simon Meyer, 1764. The first edition of an encyclopedic guide to horse ownership, with a glossary of Hebrew equestrian vocabulary. Horse-trading was a primarily Jewish occupation in Eastern Europe, and Jewish dealers used a Hebrew dialect to keep trade secrets from their German competitors. This glossary, as well as a series of sample dialogues in Hebrew on horse-related subjects, was a major selling point of the manual—along with engravings by Andreas Hoffer after Johann David Steingruber. In this copy, all the engravings from both parts are bound together at the end. Lipperheide 2928. Two parts in one, quarto (214 x 171mm). Engraved frontispiece; 28 engraved plates, some of which are folding; woodcut ornaments throughout (frontispiece cropped, spotting). Early nineteenth-century half vellum over speckled boards, ink title on spine, edges red (spine starting, some loss to boards). Provenance : Kaspar von Bergen (c. 1839, a German veterinary student; signature).
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