Il Cavallo da Maneggio…

by Giovanni battista di Galiberto

€10,000 · Offered by Librairie Clavreuil

Nissen, ZBI, 1470 ; VD 17 23:321034Z; cf. Lipperheide, 2908 (1659 ed.). Edition originale de ce magnifique ouvrage illustré traitant du dressage, de l entraînement, et des soins vetérinaires des chevaux. Le comte napolitain Giovanni Battista Galiberto, colonel et maître d équitation au service du roi de Hongrie et de Bohême Ferdinand IV, fils de Ferdinand III à qui l ouvrage est dédié, publia ce magnifique ouvrage à Vienne en 1650. Le livre est enrichi par d intéressantes gravures pleine-page sur cuivre, figurant pour la plupart les différents airs d école Il Cavallo da maneggio … (le cheval de manège) est divisé en trois parties. La première partie est consacrée au dressage des chevaux. La deuxième traite de la meilleure façon de les monter et la troisième des maladies des chevaux et aux soins vétérinaires. « As for Italy, it is well known that during the Renaissance, the Italian culture exercised a very important role not only in the fields of literature and art, but also of horsemanship. In the sixteenth century, the first equestrian treatises were printed in Italy and riding schools and equestrian academies were established, as well as that the majority of the horsemen who were active in the courts of Europe were Italians. And the first book about horseback riding printed in Vienna was by an Italian author, who wrote in Italian and not in German. He was Giovan Battista Galiberto, author of Il cavallo da maneggio (The school horse, 1650). His work is certainly interesting.

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