L'Instrvction dv roy en l'exercice de monter à cheval
L'Instruction du roy en l'exercice de monter à cheval is a 1629 Paris horsemanship manual by Antoine de Pluvinel, published by Macé Rvette and written for the young King Louis XIII. The engravings show courtiers in plumed hats and fitted coats handling horses beneath arched colonnades inside ornamented architectural frames, with the stiff gestures and elaborate riding dress a designer could draw on for period costume and formal staging.
