Francisco de Laiglesia y Darrac

FRANCISCO DE LAIGLESIA Y DARRAC (1771-1852)
"Ensayos sobre los verdaderos principios de la Equitación, o Teoría de la Escuela de a Caballo".
Printed in Madrid at the Royal Printing House in 1805.
With engravings.
Exhibits wear consistent with age and use.
Measurements: 21 x 14,5 x 2,5 cm.

Illustrated treatise on horsemanship and horse training. Francisco de Laiglesia y Darrac was a Spanish military man, poet and amateur lexicographer, active during the first half of the 19th century. His most notable lexicographical work consisted of a dictionary of his own design inserted in his Nuevo Newkastle, or "Tratado nuevo de la escuela de a caballo", a translation from French of a work originally written in English. The Andalusian repertory has some 400 entries, consisting of both voices and expressions, arranged alphabetically.