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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Period 16th century

Subject Terms Horses -- Early works to 1800.

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1. How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses : vvith all the secrets thereto belonging discouered: An arte neuer heere-to-fore vvritten by any authour. Also a discourse of horsmanship, wherein the breeding, and ryding of horses for seruice, in a briefe manner, is more methodically sette downe, then hath been heeretofore: vvith a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the sayd arte or knowledge. Together with a newe addition for the cure of the horses diseases, of what kinde or nature soeuer.

How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses : vvith all the secrets thereto belonging discouered: An arte neuer heere-to-fore vvritten by any authour. Also a discourse of horsmanship, wherein the breeding, and ryding of horses for seruice, in a briefe manner, is more methodically sette downe, then hath been heeretofore: vvith a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the sayd arte or knowledge. Together with a newe addition for the cure of the horses diseases, of what kinde or nature soeuer.

Creator:: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:: 1599
Physical Description:: [126] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Mediciues for horses.

Mediciues for horses.

Date:: [approximately 1565?]
Physical Description:: [28] pages : illustration ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The fower chiefest offices belonging to horsemanshippe : that is to say, the office of the breeder, of the rider, of the keeper, and of the ferrer. In the first parte wherof is declared the order of breeding of horses. In the seconde howe to breake them, and to make them horses of seruice. Conteyninge the whole art of ryding latelye set foorth, and nowe newelye corrected and amended of manye faultes escaped in the fyrst printing, as well touchyng the byttes as otherwyse. Thirdely, howe to dyet them, aswell when they reste as when they traueyle by the way. Fourthly, to what diseases they be subiecte togither with the causes of such diseases, the sygnes howe to knowe them, and finally howe to cure the same. which bookes are not onely painefully collected out of a number of aucthours, but also orderly dysposed and applyed to the vse of thys oure countrey / By Tho. Blundeuill of Newton Flotman in Norff.

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Creator:: Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
Date:: [1570?]
Physical Description:: [5], 23, [2], 24-25, [4], 58, [29], 24, [5], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The schoole of horsmanship : vvherein is discovered vvhat skill and knowledge is required in a good horseman, practised by perfect experience. And also how to reforme anie restie horse, of what nature and disposition so euer. Briefely touching the knowledge of the breeder, sadler, smith, and the horseleach: with a strange and rare inuention how to make a new kinde of racke, and how to teach a horse to lie vpon his bellie vntill the rider take his backe / By Christ. Clifford, Gent.

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Creator:: Clifford, Christopher
Date:: 1585
Physical Description:: [7], 24, 29-99, [1] leaves : ill. (diagrs.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The art of riding : conteining diuerse necessarie instructions, demonstrations, helps, and corrections apperteining to horssemanship, not heretofore expressed by anie other author / Written at large in the Italian toong, by maister Claudio Corte, a man most excellent in this art. Here brieflie reduced into certeine English discourses to the benefit of gentlemen and other desirous of such knowledge.

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Creator:: Corte, Claudio
Date:: 1584
Physical Description:: [12], 112 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts