1; GRISONE, Federico. L ’ ecuir ie . . . en laquelle est monstre l'ordre & l'art de choisir, 
dompter, piquer, dresser & manier les chevaux, tant pour l'usage de la guerre 
J' qu’autre commodité de 1 'homme .. .nouvellement reveuë & augmentée, & enrichie d'abondant 
■, de la figure & description du bon cheval. 4to. 2 parts in 1. (4), 90 leaves; 28 
( leaves (incorrectly numbered) . Large woodcut device (variant of Renouard 871) qji 
jj title-page. 2 full-page woodcuts in first part and 51 in second part. Contemporary 
ownership inscription on title-page. Fine copy. Modem vellum backed boards. Paris. 
'j Guillaume Auvray, 1575.* $1,850.00 
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ij Rare French translation of this influential work on calvary and équitation which 
I 1 first appeared in 1550 in Italian. The first part, on équitation, is illustrated 
il with two full-page woodcuts depicting mounted figures in various situations. The 
;! second section is illustrated with fifty— one, almost full-page, and very ornate 
i ! woodcuts of horses bits. Mennessier de la Lance indicates that there should be only 
i, twenty-six erratically numbered leaves in the second section, however, ours has a 
i 1 total of twenty-eigh t . The présent édition has been enlarged and a new préfacé by 
: the publisher has been added. It should be noted that the Italian édition was illus- 
j trated with only twenty-five woodcuts of bits. Not in the NUC which only locates one 
; French édition of 1565 in one copy (Yale). Cf. Cocke^ no. 707; Mennessier de la 
!j Lance 580; Brunet II, 1759. 
