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Famous and enormously influential Italian work on horsemanship

GRISONE, Federico.
Ordini di cavalcare, et modi di conoscere le nature de' cavalli, di emendare i lor vitii, & d'ammaestrargli per l'uso della guerra, & giovamento de gli huomini: con varie figure di morsi, secondo le bocche, & il maneggio che si uvol dar loro.- IDEM. Scielta di Natabili avvertimenti, pertinenti a' cavalli, distinta in tre libri. Nel primo si descreve quel che adoperar si deve per far razze eccellenti. Nel secondo spiegasi l'Anantomia de' Cavalli; & narransi le cause d'ogni loro interna indispositione, & le cure à lor necessarie. Nel terzo si ragiona della Chirurgia, & de' suoi effeti. Col ritratto del Cavallo: ove si veggono tutti i suoi morbi, co' medicamenti appicati  à loro.

With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part.

With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part.

With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part.

With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part.

With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part.



Venice, Andrea Muschio, 1610. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut vignette on title, 2 woodcuts in text, 50 full-page woodcuts showing the different kinds of bites and harnesses in the first part and woodcut vignette on title and a full-page woodcut of a horse, detailing the areas where signs of illness can be seen in the second part. (12), 164; 70, (13) pp.

Famous and enormously influential Italian work on horsemanship. Federico Grisone was a master horseman from Naples. The fine reputation of the riding Academy of Naples was due to the service of Grisone. He worked primarily with destriers, or war horses, and his training methods involved heavy curb bits and cruel punishments. Grisone was greatly influenced by the Renaissance rediscovery of the works of Xenophon, a Greek writer and cavalry officer who lived about 400 B.C.
The design forbits in the present work set a style for future horse books. The first part deals with the nature of horses, their vices, rules for breeding, vetenirary advice, their use and aid in war, and of the pleasure they bring human beings. The second part deals with the anatomy of horses, their indispositions and cures, surgery and its effects. Many editions were published in all European languages, but at the present especially the editions in the original Italian language are very difficult to find.

Good copy.- (Spine repaired at bottom; endpapers strength. at hinges; ms. notes on title page canceled with ink; sl. foxed; few tears without loss of text).
Cf. Mennessier de la Lance I, p. 581-582; Cicognara 4608; Niemyer, The Reign of the Horse p. 14 (1550 It. ed.).

Related Subjects: Horses & Horsemanship  Natural History  Zoology 

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