de la Gueriniere by Frazer & Irurzun

Salvete Omnes,
searching the archive library - where they are doing annual donations drive - I noticed the old English translation of the XVIII century horsemanship treatise by  François Robichon de La Guérinière .
It was translated by captain William Frazer, but it has additions from other horsemanship writers and practitioners.(Calcutta 1801).
Perhaps it could come useful to many of you, unless you want to get the newer translation from the Amazon books collection.

There is also the more complete XVIII century  Spanish translation titled Escuela de a caballo  by D. Baltasar de Irurzun, ecuyer of conde de Aranda, from 1787. Archive library has the volume II, while on google books there are both volumes available for downlad


 
Enjoy

Valete

Ecole de cavalerie (1736) - de la Gueriniere & Parrocel

Salve,
in 1736 one of the great XVIII century  treatises on horsemanship was published  - ''Ecole de cavalerie . '' Author none other than French ecuyer Robichon de la Gueriniere and this book was illustrated with the drawings by one of the best artists of the era - Charles Parrocel.
I 'corralled'  some images from this great work so devoted to horses, riders & equitation, I hope to all enjoyment, courtesy of great Gallica :) - merci!
 You may note the training for the cavaliers - not only with sword and pistol (fire arms) but also a javelin and a lance... 
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and several cavaliers

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enjoy
ps
you can compare these with images taken from the work of Gaspar de Saunier