The fower chiefest offices belonging to horsemanshippe : that is to say, the office of the breeder, of the rider, of the keeper, and of the ferrer. In the first parte wherof is declared the order of breeding of horses. In the seconde howe to breake them, and to make them horses of seruice. Conteyninge the whole art of ryding latelye set foorth, and nowe newelye corrected and amended of manye faultes escaped in the fyrst printing, as well touchyng the byttes as otherwyse. Thirdely, howe to dyet them, aswell when they reste as when they traueyle by the way. Fourthly, to what diseases they be subiecte togither with the causes of such diseases, the sygnes howe to knowe them, and finally howe to cure the same. which bookes are not onely painefully collected out of a number of aucthours, but also orderly dysposed and applyed to the vse of thys oure countrey. By Tho. Blundeuill of Newton Flotman in Norff.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
Other Authors: Grisone, Federico
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Imprinted at London : By VVillyam Seres dwellyng at the west ende of Paules church, at the sygne of the Hedgehogge. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, [approximately 1570]
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Description
Item Description:In four parts. Part 2, an abridgement and adaptation of "Ordini de cavalcare" by Federico Grisone, was previously published as STC 3158.
Publication date estimated by STC.
Title within illustrated woodcut border.
"The arte of riding", "The order of dyeting of horses", and "The order of curing horses diseases" have separate title pages and foliation; register is continuous.
Colophon reads: "Imprinted at London, by Wylliam Seres, dwellyng at the Weast ende of Paules, at the sygne of the Hedgehogge, and are to be solde at his shoppe."
Signatures: A-M⁸ *M*² N-O⁸ P⁶ Q-Y⁸ 2A-2H⁸ 2I⁶.
Physical Description:5 unnumbered leaves, 23 leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves, 24-25 leaves, 4 unnumbered leaves, 58 leaves, 29 unnumbered leaves, 24 leaves, 5 unnumbered leaves, 93 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf : illustrations ; 20 cm
Audience:Niall Kenny description: Rare; 1st edition also by William Seres c. 1566; all typographical errors are as for Mellon 8. The copy in Edinburgh is this 1570 printing, rather than the 1566.