Crispin de Passe le jeune (circa 1593-1670) - Lot 30

Crispin de Passe le jeune (circa 1593-1670) Le Maneige royal de Monsieur de Pluvinel, premier écuyer du Roy. Printed in Paris at the expense of Crispin de Passe le vieux in Utrecht, 1623 [1st ed.]. One oblong vol. [530x425mm] containing a title and 34 plates Etching and burin by means of two copperplates (central subject and frame). Each 410-422x320-325mm. Very fine proofs on thin laid paper, glued by the corners to the leaves, the names of the figures added in pen and sepia ink and some numbers at the foot of the subjects crossed out or corrected. Light foxing and occasional damp spots. Some fine traces of folding. Restored tears to engraved title, with small white marks on surface. Other tears restored to some plates. Small wormholes in the upper part of the frame on a dozen plates. Small margins. Hardback, marbled paper boards (faded). Joint: 1) Engraved portrait of Louis XIII (frontispiece). 1624. Burin. 210x277mm. Proof on thin laid paper with typographed text on verso. 2) 2 proofs of the only central subject of the suite, on thin laid paper, colored. Margins. 3) Charles Aubry. Traité d'équitation. Circa 1833. One oblong vol. [530x425mm] containing 22 plates (including one plate 13 bis and one plate 16 bis) engraved by Adam, the last in etching by Aubry himself. Hardback, marbled paper boards with gilt title label on upper board, ornate spine. Together 2 vols. "Pluvinel (1555-1620) was sent as a child to study in Italy under Pignatelli. Brought back to France in 1572 by Sourdis, first equerry to Charles IX, he was appointed first equerry to the Duc d'Anjou, the future Henri III, who showered him with honors, as did Henri IV, who maintained him in his offices and benefits. When the Treaty of La Broue was published, Antoine de Pluvinel founded an academy in Paris, on the site of today's Place des Pyramides. It was intended for young French nobility, to spare them the trip to Italy, where they sometimes lost their lives and often their health and fortunes. In addition to riding, dancing and weapons, the school also taught mathematics, literature, poetry, painting and music. [...] He instilled the best equestrian precepts in the adolescent Louis XIII. He died in 1620 without publishing his work. A first, incomplete edition, Le Maneige royal(1623), was followed by a second, enlarged edition by his friend and disciple Menou de Charnizay, entitled Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter à Cheval(1625), written in the form of interviews. Menou dares to say: "Oblige le cheval à prendreplaisir à tout ce qu'il fait jusqu'ce qu'il y aillelibrement. Pluvinel is credited with inventing the "single pillar" and the "double pillar". Used for breaking-in, the single pillar around which the lanyard is wrapped replaces the man on foot. It is used to teach the horse to do round volleys, on which he can chase his hips. Attached to the double pillar, the horse learns to stand on its haunches, then to form school jumps. (cheval-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/en/antoine-de-pluvinel).