AN ACADEMY FOR GROWN HORSEMEN
London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Octavo, [4], 140 pages. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full red morocco by E. Riley and Son, with their stamp. Boards with French fillets within a dotted pattern, elegant design in the corners. Board edges and turn-ins with a gilt roll, turn-ins with gilt design. Paneled spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, others somewhat unevenly cut. Very light wear to corners and spine. Bookplate of Sir Percy Cox to the front pastedown. Second title page, pagination continuous. With 29 hand-colored plates. Some offsetting from plates. Shelved case 3.
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Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1864-1937) was a British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East who served as one of the major figures in the creation of the current Middle East. [wikipedia]