The foure chiefest offices belonging to horsemanship : that is to saie, the office of the breeder, of the rider, of the keeper, and of the ferrer. In the first part whereof is declared, the order of breeding of horses. In the second, how to breake them, and to make them horses of seruice. Conteining the whole art of riding lately set forth, and nowe newlie corrected, and amended by the author, as wel touching the true vse of the hand and musrol, as the turne of the horse. Thirdly, howe to diet them, as wel when they rest, as when they trauel by the way. Fourthly, to what diseases they be subiect, togither with the causes of such diseases, the signes how to know them, and finallie how to cure the same. Whereto are added diuers medicines, not heretofore printed. Which bookes are not onelie painfully collected out of a number of authors, but also orderly disposed and applied to the vse of this our countrey. By Maister Blundeuill of Newton Flotman in Norffolke.
| Author/creator | Blundeville, Thomas |
| Other author | Grisone, Federico. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Imprinted at London : By Peter Short dwelling on Bredstreet hill at the sign of the Star, 1597. |
| Description | [6], 22, [7], 81, [3], 22, [9], 87, [1] leaves : ill. |
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| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2264180434 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Fower chiefyst offices belongyng to horsemanshippe |
| Variant title | Art of riding. |
| Variant title | Order of dieting of horses. |
| Variant title | Order of curing horses diseases. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | With a final contents leaf. |
| General note | In four parts. Part 2, an abridgement and adaptation of "Ordini de cavalcare" by Federico Grisone, was previously published as STC 3158. |
| General note | "The art of riding," "The order of dieting of horses," and "The order of curing horses diseases" have separate title pages and foliation; register is continuous. |
| General note | Part 2 identified as STC 12389 on UMI microfilm reel 710. |
| General note | Reproductions of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the British Library. |
| General note | Appears at reel 175 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy) and at reel 710 (British Library copy). |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 3156. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 175:13, 710:4) |
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