Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Corte, Claudio
Title:
The art of riding : conteining diuerse necessarie instructions, demonstrations, helps, and corrections apperteining to horssemanship, not heretofore expressed by anie other author / Written at large in the Italian toong, by maister Claudio Corte, a man most excellent in this art. Here brieflie reduced into certeine English discourses to the benefit of gentlemen and other desirous of such knowledge.
Alternate Title(s):
Cavallarizzo. English
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : By H. Denham, 1584.
Physical Description:
[12], 112 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF309 .C67 1584
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A translation into English from the original Italian of: Il cavallarizzo.

Dedication signed by Thomas Bedingfield, the translator.

Signatures: A⁴ [paragraph]² B-P⁴.

Six woodcut diagrams (2 full page) within text; numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Printed marginalia.

BAC: British Art Center copy in modern binding of gilt tooled brown morocco, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 5797

English short title catalogue, S100322

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 11

Luborsky, R.S. Guide to English illustrated books, 1536-1603, 5797
Subject Terms:
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800. | Dressage -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts.
Contributors:
Denham, Henry, d. 1589?, printer. | Bedingfield, Thomas, d. 1613.