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.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561.

Contributor:

Grisone, Federico.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 281:2.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horses--Early works to 1800.

Horses.

Horsemanship--Early works to 1800.

Horsemanship.

Physical Description:

5 unnumbered leaves, 23 leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves, 24-25 leaves, 4 unnumbered leaves, 58 leaves, 29 unnumbered leaves, 24 leaves, 5 unnumbered leaves, 93 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf : illustrations

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Fower chiefyst offices belongyng to horsemanshippe

Arte of riding.

Order of dyeting of horses.

Order of curing horses diseases.

Place of Publication:

Imprinted at London : By VVillyam Seres dwellyng at the west ende of Paules church, at the sygne of the Hedgehogge. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, [1570?]

Notes:

In four parts. Part 2, an abridgement and adaptation of "Ordini de cavalcare" by Federico Grisone, was previously published as STC 3158.

Publication date estimated by STC.

"The arte of riding", "The order of dyeting of horses", and "The order of curing horses diseases" have separate title pages and foliation; register is continuous.

Colophon reads: Imprinted at London, by Wylliam Seres .. and are to be solde at his shoppe.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1946. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 281:02). s1946 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 3153.

Related Work:

Grisone, Federico. Ordini di cavalcare.

OCLC:

55160009