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Livres anciens et modernes

SANTAPAULINA, Nicola (fl. 17th cent.)-SANTAPAULINA, Luigi (fl.

L'arte del cavallo di Nicola, e Luigi Santapaulina, divisa in tre libri. Ne primi due, che son di Nicola, si tratta l'arte di ridurre a tutta perfettione il cavallo. Nel terzo, che è di Luigi, al presente caval.zo della nobil.ma Accademia Delia di Padova, vi si aggiunge il modo di usarlo in guerra, & in festa

Tipografia del Seminario, 1696

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Détails

Année
1696
Lieu d'édition
Padova
Auteur
SANTAPAULINA, Nicola (fl. 17th cent.)-SANTAPAULINA, Luigi (fl.
Éditeurs
Tipografia del Seminario
Thème
seicento
Etat de conservation
En bonne condition
Langues
Italien
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Condition
Ancien

Description

Large 4to (300x212 mm). Etched frontispiece by Joseph Juster after Louis Dorigny, [12], 208 pp. and the full-page etched portrait of Nicola Santapaulina by Joseph Juster. With some woodcut diagrams in the text. Contemporary stiff vellum, lettering piece on spine, red edges. Some light occasional browning and staining, but a good, genuine copy.
First edition of this work on horses and horsemanship dedicated to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III. It comprises three books, the first two are by Nicola, the last one, by Luigi, is devoted to the use of horses in battle and their display during celebrations. Nicola was Grand Duke Cosimo III's senior cavalryman. His son Luigi was appointed as first cavalryman of the Accademia Delia in Padua, for which he created horseback choreographies. He wrote this book, as stated in the preface, to render honor and justice to his father.
 Italian Union Catalogue, IT\ICCU\UBOE\047276; Michel-Michel, VII, 83; Piantanida, I, 157.
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