FINE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT OF NINETEEN DRAWINGS OF HORSES

FINE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT OF NINETEEN DRAWINGS OF HORSES

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FINE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT OF NINETEEN DRAWINGS OF HORSES:
$45000.00


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    LOT 953ITALIAN MSS., EQUESTRIAN.Fine early seventeenth-century Italian manuscript containing drawings of horses with descriptions of the various breeds and national typesEstimate  3,000 - 5,000 USDexecuted in pen & ink, with pink, green, grey and yellow washes, with captions and descriptions of each national breed in brown ink, together with additional sketches of horses, figures, stables, etc., in pencil, comprising nineteen leaves:

    f.1) \"AFRICANO. Velocissmo et è macchiato, porta la testa troppo dritta meglio il maresco\"
    f.2) \"TURCO. Selvatico, mangia puoco, è buono al Corso,\" with extensive additional annotations
    f.3) \"FRANCESE. Per Salti, e Galeggiare\"
    f.4) \"SARDO. Freme, manda spunia e macchiato, magro p[er]che gusta de starne monti\"
    f.5) \"FRISONE. Sono Grossi, patiscono alle Gambe, buoni p[er] Carrozze si ferrano alla riale senza bottoni a\' ferri\"
    f.6) \"TOSCANO. Buono per monti, porta alto il capo, chioma grande alla Destra; batte la testa da una parte all\' altra. Buoni per battaglia perchè posto il pestone trà l\'orecchio La testa cuopre il soldato, che con bassar la testa si cuopre ancor che il cavallo cascasse\"
    f.7) \"FIAMINGO. Bello forte per arrare\"
    f.8) \"NAPOLITANO. Asciuto buono per Guerra, e per fatticar nelle campagne crescono un\' anno avanti, e un\' anno dietro, sino che habbi serrate che e circa sei anni\"
    f.9) \"DI SASSONIA. Curto di Vitta, Alto di corpo, pochi peli, piedi grandi, co\' quali fa\' rumore cosi con la bocca\"
    f.10) \"DI CORSICA. Ombroso, e per montar bisogna chiudergli gl\' occhi. La gamba A. è troppo dritta\"
    f.11) a small pencil sketch of a bird, on similar paper
    f.12) \"MORESCO. Supera tutti al corso, e non patisce il caldo. meglio che il po perche non porta la testa tant\' alto\"
    f.13) [...] \"quando s\'incontran le gambe se dimanda andar à Garino\" 
    f.14) sixsketches of horses, etc., without captions, on similar paper
    f.14v) uncaptioned drawing of a stable with agricultural instruments and horses
    15) \"GERMANICO. Sono senza coda, rigniscono, non temono rimbombi, e velocissmi\"
    f.16) \"DI SPAGNA. Focoso, le gambe d\'avanti alte, L\'altre quasi sempre curve non temono passer nell\' acque, non come quelli chiamono Austani, cioè nati nel mese d\'agosto chi da se si risvoltano nell\'acqua\"
    f.17) \"DAINO. Per salti, fastoso di gran petto grave, e buono per salir in luoghi difficili\"
    f.18) \"BRITO. Senza chioma puoche orecchie, e buono per contrapasso. Per sedie se gli leva anco sa coda\"
    f.19) \"CALABRESE. Forte buono per Battaglie, curto di collo e piccolo capo e Forte\"

    Nineteen leaves, folio (305 x 203 mm), modern foliation in pencil, watermark monogram \"GAG\" within an elaborate cartouche; a few stains to the first leaf, Modern maroon morocco (by Gruel), gilt title to spine (\"cavalli\") and gilt turn-ins, slipcase.

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    NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD \"AS IS\" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.SALEROOM NOTICEPROVENANCEFrances Hofer and Philip Hofer (their bookplates to pastedown) — Stack.EXHIBITEDLITERATURECATALOGUE NOTEThis is a very attractive set of Italian drawings, probably earlier than (but similar in style to) those engraved in Antoine de Pluvinal\'s Maneige royal (Paris 1623).  No Italian edition of Pluvinal was published and these drawings seem in any case to date from not long after 1600.  The artist\'s captions concern the merits of the various national breeds of horses, more reminiscent of Annania Zen\'s later Il cavallo di razza (1658), which, however, is only illustrated with woodcuts. SUGGESTED LOTSDiscover more upcoming
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    FINE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT OF NINETEEN DRAWINGS OF HORSES:
    $45000.00

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