Trattato Dell'Imbrigliare, Maneggiare, Et Ferrare Cavalli, Diviso In Tre Parti, Con Alcuni discorsi sopra la natura di Cavalli, con disegni di Briglie, Maneggi, & di Cavalieri a cavallo, & de ferri d'esso, Di M. Cesare Fiaschi Gentilhuomo Ferrarese.
[T.p., dedic.] - Narratione Alli Lettori - [Text with illus.] - Tavola De I Capitoli Del Primo Trattato - Tavola De I Capitoli Della Seconda (Terza) Parte.
Responsibility Note
The illustrations and decorations are unsigned.
The work is dedicated by Cesare Fiaschi to Henrico Secondo, Gran Re Di Francia.
References
Harvard College Library Department Of Printing And Graphic Arts Catalogue Of Books And Manuscripts Part II: Italian 16th Century Books, comp. R. Mortimer, vol. I (1974), no.186; D. Pulega, La tipografia bolognese dei Giaccarelli (1940), no. 53.
A. Draskóy, 'Se il cavallo e gagliardo: connections between horsemanship and the dance in 16th-century Italy', in Proceedings of Terpsichore 1450-1900 International Dance Conference, Ghent (2000). A study of horesemanship in Britain in the same period was G. MacDonald, Horsemanship as a courtly art in Elizabethan England [dissertation, Univy. Toronto] (1982). More general surveys were J.B. Podeschi, Sport In Art And Books The Paul Mellon Collection Books On The Horse And Horsemanship ... 1400-1941 (1981); C. Chevenix-Trench, A history of horsemanship (1980).
Summary Note
Many illustrations are full-page; almost all are captioned, and many of those in Part II are accompanied by musical notations. Those in Part I show bridles, bits &c.; those in part II, designs for exercise-grounds; those in part III, horse-shoes.
The title-page fleuron is the publisher's device (showing Hercules slaying the Hydra).
Copy Note
The upper cover is inscribed on the vellum, 'Signor Negroni'. Purchased for RA Library in 1871 (see 'Library Report for the Year 1871', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 7, p. 28).
Binding Note
18th-century [?] half vellum, blue marbled-papered boards; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Fiaschi Dell'Imbrigli I Cavalli'.
Subject
Horsemanship - Dressage - Riding - Horses - Animals - Sports - Metal-work - Bridles - History - 16th century
Manuals - Italy - 16th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 16th century