Rare Books and ManuscriptsSF743 .M44 1565Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Second English book on the horse. See: Podeschi.Entered in Stationers' Register to J. Rowbotham, 1564-65. See: STC.Date and publisher from STC.Podeschi cites date as ca. 1530.With a large woodcut illustration on the title page.Signatures: A-C⁴ D² (C1 signed D1).Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 6Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 20439.7English short title catalogue, S94802Luborsky, R.S. Guide to English illustrated books, 1536-1603, 20439.7BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: leaves D1 and D2 supplied in facsimile. Bound in modern brown morocco, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London."The paragraphs in the text are numbered i-lxviii. The first twenty of these paragraphs have to do with the characteristics of a good horse and with the training of horses; the rest of the work is devoted to equine medicine."--Podeschi.A portion of the text is taken directly from Berners' Boke of St. Albans. The properties of a good horse are described with the same fifteen characteristics as taht earlier book, "thre of a manne, thre of a woman, three of an hare, three of a [fox], and three of an asse."
Subject Terms:
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts.
Contributors:
Copland, William, -1568 or 1569, printer. | Based on (work) Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? Boke of Saint Albans.
