Antonio Locatelli - Collezione d'Incisioni appartenenti all'opera del Perfetto Cavaliere [Atlante]

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"Original edition of the atlas."
See Wells “Horsemanship”,4669 - Cat. of the Paul Mellon Collection "Books on the horse and horsemanship..",124. 67536797 Read more