La gloria del cavallo

Caracciolo, Pasqual, 16th cent, Cito, Giovanni Antonio. Del conoscere le infermità, che auuengono al cavallo, Giunta, Bernardo, fl. 1567-1627, Ciotti, Giovanni Battista, fl. 1583-1635 · 1608 · In Venetia : Appresso Bernardo Giunti, Gio. Battista Ciotti, & Compagni · 23 pictures

An Italian horsemanship and veterinary treatise printed in Venice in 1608 by Bernardo Giunti and Giovanni Battista Ciotti, aimed at horsemen and horse owners. Its pictures are large woodcut initials, each a decorated letter framed by scrolling foliage, with figures such as a grotesque satyr-like creature, a cherub-like figure and a horse-related scene; a designer could take from them the dense interlacing of acanthus scrolls and strapwork as a framing device for display lettering.

Horses · Horsemanship · Cattle · Veterinary medicine

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