![CLIFFORD, Christopher (fl. 1585). The schoole of horsmanship. London: [T. East for] Thomas Cadman, 1585. 4° (196 x 140mm). Type-ornament title border, text illustrations. With final blank leaf (an additional blank supplied at front). (Minor paper flaw in E3 and small rust-hole in F4 affecting a few letters, a few minor marginal repairs.) Brown morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Miller (20th-century bookplates and -labels).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0146_000(clifford_christopher_the_schoole_of_horsmanship_london_t_east_for_thom111454).jpg?w=1)
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CLIFFORD, Christopher (fl. 1585). The schoole of horsmanship. London: [T. East for] Thomas Cadman, 1585. 4° (196 x 140mm). Type-ornament title border, text illustrations. With final blank leaf (an additional blank supplied at front). (Minor paper flaw in E3 and small rust-hole in F4 affecting a few letters, a few minor marginal repairs.) Brown morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Miller (20th-century bookplates and -labels).
FIRST EDITION. Drawing on 30 years' experience as a horse-breeder, rider, keeper, sadler and smith, Clifford presents advice on all subjects pertaining to horses, including veterinary advice. It continues the tradition of courtly horsemanship as training for war, jousting, and work, and stands opposed to the new French haute école teaching horses 'to daunce on a carpet'. It is dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney and gives a thorough overview of the theory of horsemanship in Elizabethan England. Clifford's work was a source for Markham's Maister-peece. RARE: only one other copy (imperfect) has sold at auction in over half a century. Mellon 13; STC 5415 (2 copies in the UK: British Library [imperfect] and Longleat); Huth p.11.
FIRST EDITION. Drawing on 30 years' experience as a horse-breeder, rider, keeper, sadler and smith, Clifford presents advice on all subjects pertaining to horses, including veterinary advice. It continues the tradition of courtly horsemanship as training for war, jousting, and work, and stands opposed to the new French haute école teaching horses 'to daunce on a carpet'. It is dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney and gives a thorough overview of the theory of horsemanship in Elizabethan England. Clifford's work was a source for Markham's Maister-peece. RARE: only one other copy (imperfect) has sold at auction in over half a century. Mellon 13; STC 5415 (2 copies in the UK: British Library [imperfect] and Longleat); Huth p.11.