Künstlicher Bericht vnd allerzierlichste Beschreybung des edlen, vhesten, vnnd hochberümbten Ehrn Friderici Grisonis Neapolitanischen hochlöblichen Adels : wie die streitbarn Pferdt (durch welche ritterliche Tugendten mehrers thails geübet) zum Ernst vnd ritterlicher Kurtzweil geschickt vnd volkommen zumachen ..

Grisone, Federico · 1573 · Getruckt zu Augspurg : Durch Michael Manger, in Verlegung Georgen Willers · 31 pictures

A 1573 German horsemanship manual by Federico Grisone, printed in Augsburg by Michael Manger for Georgen Willers, aimed at riders and trainers of warhorses. Its pages are dense black-letter text set beside large ornamental woodcut initials, with decorative scrollwork letters that a designer could borrow for display type, borders, or historical lettering.

Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800 · Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800

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