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1. A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.

A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.

Creator:: Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
Date:: MDCCXLIII [1743]
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([2], viii, [11]-142, [4] p., [84] leaves of plates; [2], 4, [4], 36, 33-138, [14] p., [22] leaves of plates) : ill. (engravings) ; 55cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The schoole of horsmanship : vvherein is discovered vvhat skill and knowledge is required in a good horseman, practised by perfect experience. And also how to reforme anie restie horse, of what nature and disposition so euer. Briefely touching the knowledge of the breeder, sadler, smith, and the horseleach: with a strange and rare inuention how to make a new kinde of racke, and how to teach a horse to lie vpon his bellie vntill the rider take his backe / By Christ. Clifford, Gent.

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Creator:: Clifford, Christopher
Date:: 1585
Physical Description:: [7], 24, 29-99, [1] leaves : ill. (diagrs.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. 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

4. Cauelarice, or The English horseman : contayning all the arte of horse-manship, as much as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether he be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtill trade or mistery of horse-coursers, & an explanatio[n] of the excellency of a horses vndersta[n]ding, or how to teach them to doe trickes like Bankes his curtall: and that horses may be made to drawe drie-foot like a hound. Secrets before vnpublished, & now carefully set down for the profit of this whole nation / by Geruase Markham.

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Creator:: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:: 1607
Physical Description:: [16], 88, [4], 212, 233-264, [4], 67, 58-72, [4], 54, [4], 56, [4], 64, [4], 11, 10-81, [5], 20, 25-40 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The art of riding : conteining diuerse necessarie instructions, demonstrations, helps, and corrections apperteining to horssemanship, not heretofore expressed by anie other author / Written at large in the Italian toong, by maister Claudio Corte, a man most excellent in this art. Here brieflie reduced into certeine English discourses to the benefit of gentlemen and other desirous of such knowledge.

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Creator:: Corte, Claudio
Date:: 1584
Physical Description:: [12], 112 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts