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First edition. First edition. Two volumes. Contemporary or near-contemporary red half morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt title. 188 p., and [5] folding plates; [4] xxii 237 [1] p, with a frontispiece photographic portrait of the author. Pioneering first edition uniting classical haute école theory with photographic motion studies to create one of the most scientifically informed dressage manuals of the 19th century. Extremely scarce first edition, issued in two volumes over three years. Traité d'équitation de haute école is Barroil's systematic guide to haute école riding, drawing on his experience as an écuyer and disciple of Charles Raabe. It provides detailed instruction and advanced methods for the training of both horse and rider, and is regarded as a work of primary importance in late 19th-century equestrian literature. Barroil was one of the first French equestrian authors to systematically incorporate photographic motion studies (Muybridge, Marey, and Delton) into the analysis of gaits; earlier haute école manuals relied largely on observation and tradition, whereas here diagrams and photographic sequences provide measurable, verifiable timing of hoof placement and stride phases. Volume I's biomechanical analysis is directly applied in Volume II to a progressive training programme, from in-hand flexions to airs de manège, making the work both a scientific study and a practical manual. Although Raabe had taught his "six periods" theory of hoof movement, Barroil's treatise offered one of its most complete printed expositions, preserving a key strand of bauchériste thought. While bauchérisme was already influential, this work stood out for its explicit use of scientific data and integration of modern technology (chronophotography) into classical dressagesomething relatively rare at the time. . Vol. I fine; vol. II with early ownership inscription on title-page, light marginal dampstain to a few pages, protective tissue of frontispiece loose with chipped edges; otherwise fine. Two volumes. Contemporary or near-contemporary red half morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt title.