Folio (33cm), 2 parts in one volume in contemporary vellum, spine covered, with manuscript title, inside a bit age toned and browned in places, due to the quality of the paper, but a good copy. Title in red and black with printer s device, pp. (4), 118, (2); 256; widely illustrated with 130 woodcuts (mostly fullpage) showing bits for horses. Second collective edition (the first edited in Naples in 1602) of Ferraro father and son, both of them equerries in Naples to the King of Spain, Philip II. Not in Olschki Choix; BMC STC, XVII sec., p. 338; Michel-Michel III, 36; Cicognara 4602. Seller Inventory # 517

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Title: Cavallo frenato, diviso in quattro libri . ...

Publisher: Venice, appresso Francesco Prati,

Publication Date: 1620

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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