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Creator:
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
Title(s):
Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux / par le tres-noble, haut, et tres-puissant prince Guillaume marquis et comte de New-castle, vicomte de Mansfield, baron de Bolsover et Ogle, seigneur de Cavendish, Bothel et Hepvvell, pair d'angleterre; qui eut la charge & l'honneur d'étre gouverneur du serenissime prince de Galles en sa jeunesse, maintenant roy de la Grande-Bretagne; lieutenant pour le roy de la comté de Nottingham, & de la Forest de Shervvood; capitaine general en toutes les provinces outre la riviere de Trent, & autres endroits du royaume d'angleterre; gentil-homme de la chambre du lit du roy; conseillier d'etat & privé; chevalier du tres-noble Ordre de la Jartiere, &c. Oeuure, auquel on apprend à trauailler les cheuaux selon la nature, & parfaire la nature par la subtilité de l'art; traduit de l'anglois de l'auteur, par son commandement, enrichy de plusieures belles figures en taille douce.
Additional Title(s):
New method and extraordinary invention to dress horses and work them according to nature. French
Published/Created:
A Anvers : Chez Iacques Meurs, l'an M.DC.LVIII [1658]
Physical Description:
[28], 271, [9], 19, [5] p., [1], 42 double leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2007 5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Pieter de Jode, Peeter Clouwet, Pieter van Lisebetten, Cornelis van Caukercken, Lucas Vorsterman Jun., Adriaen Lommelin and Théodorus van Kessel; after Abraham van Diepenbeeck.
Signatures: [a]-g² A-4A² a-²f².
The preliminary unnumbered plate is an added engraved t.p.
"Transport des dits privileges" dated 1658.
With a final separately paginated section of "Additions".
Numerous woodcut diagrams and head- and tail-pieces within text throughout.
First published in Antwerp in French, translated from the author's original English manuscript.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 26
BAC: Gilt-tooled parchment binding with yap edges. Label with ms inscription "The Earl of Westmoreland 1856" pasted to inside of upper board.
Subject Terms:
Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership (BEIN)
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Pictorial works.
Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800.
Meurs, Jacques -- Publisher
Westmorland, Francis William Henry, Earl of, 1825–1891 -- Bookplate
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1658.
Woodcuts -- 1658.
Contributors:
Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596–1675, illustrator.
Jode, Pieter de, 1606–ca. 1674, engraver.
Clouwet, Peeter, 1629–1670, engraver.
Lisebetten, Pieter van, 1630–1678, engraver.
Caukercken, Cornelis van, 1626–1680, engraver.
Vorsterman, Lucas, 1624–approximately 1666, engraver.
Lommelin, Adriaen, 1636–, engraver.
Kessel, Théodorus van, 1620–1693, engraver.
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