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Subject Terms Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910 -- Autograph.

1. Georgii Simonis Winteri, Bellerophon, sive Eques peritus : hoc est, artis equestris accuratissima institutio, opere bipartito, seu duobus libris, absoluta : quorum prior modum explicat, quo dextrè quis equum conscendere, vel decorè descendendo relinquere, adeoq[ue] secundùm omnes palaestrae hujus praeceptiones (s. lectiones) nobili hoc armento excellenter uti; nec non decursionibus ad annulum vel quintanam, hastiludiis, & torneamentis, aliísve generosorum exercitiis equestribus, decenter, atque gloriosè defungi queat; heroinis item, illustribus ac nobilibus foeminis, commodâ & gratiosâ equitatione per agros, vel stadia aliquot, spatiandi rationem commonstrat; posterior autem, quomodo indomitus, intractatus, atque iners equus, ad equitatum, vel venatum, erudiendus sit, ostendit; insuper & de fraenis, quibus eum induere oporteat, peculiariter, copiosè, ac luculenter disserit : quibus omnibus perlongo atq[ue] experientissimo usu, creberrimoq́[ue] autoris exercitio, investigatis & probatis, ex ejusdem inventu rariores, nec unquam visae hactenus, figurae s. imagines accessêre, regulis scilicet ac praeceptis ejusmodi illustrandis utilissimae: in gratiam publicae strenuitatis luci publicae exposita, nec vernaculo tantùm, sed in usum exterorum Latino etiam sermone descripta.

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Creator:: Winter, Georg Simon, b. ca. 1634
Date:: Anno MDCLXXVIII [1678]
Physical Description:: [16], 191, [1] p., [2], 104 leaves of plates, 60 plates (all but nos. 13 and 20 double), [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A new method, and extraordinary invention, to dress horses, and work them according to nature : as also, to perfect nature by the subtility of art / which was never found out, but by the thrice noble, high, and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle; Earl of Ogle; Viscount Mansfield; and Baron of Bolsover, of Ogle, of Bertram, Bothal and Hepple : Gentleman of His Majesties Bed-chamber; one of His Majesties most honourable Privy-Councel; Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter; His Majesties Lieutenant of the county and town of Nottingham; and Justice in ayre Trent-North: who had the honour to be governour to our most glorious king, and gracious soveraign, in his youth, when he was Prince of Wales; and soon after was made Captain General of all the provinces beyond the river of Trent, and other parts of the kingdom of England; with power, by a special commission, to make knights.

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Creator:: Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
Date:: in the year 1667
Physical Description:: [12], 342, 001-040, 343-352, [4] p. ; 39 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts