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 iejusdem 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

Alternate Title:

Bellerophon, sive Eques peritus; Eques peritus

Name:

Winter, Georg Simon, approximately 1634-; Schuster, Michael R.

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1678

Language:

German

Provenance:

Rogers, Fairman, 1833-1900 (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy)

Publisher:

Sumtibus Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri, & haeredum Johannis Andreae Endteri

Subject:

Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800; Horsemanship; Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800; Horses -- Training

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 191 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 171 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations; 34 cm (folio)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title leaf in German reads: Georg Simon Winters Wolberittener Cavallier, oder Gründliche Anweisung zu der Reit- und Zaum-Kunst ...; With half-title: Georgii Simonis Winteri Eques peritus et Hippiater expertus. Oder Wolberittener Cavallier und Wolerfahrner Ross-Artzt. In zweyen Sprachen. The Hippiater expertus was published separately in the same year.; Added engraved t.p., with German title.; Originally published in German, Ulm, 1674, with title: Neuer Tractat von der Reith-Kunst. Latin translation by Michael Schuster.; Signatures: pi⁴ 2):(⁴ A-G⁴ H⁶ I-Y⁴ Z⁶.; Printed in double columns.; Woodcuts: initials; head- and tail-pieces.; Fairman Rogers copy: Ownership inscription had been excised on front free endpaper.; Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: plates n. 82 and 83 damaged with red staining.; Latin and German text in parallel columns.

Physical Location:

LIBRA, Fairman Rogers Collection, Folio SF309 .W55 1678

Collection:

Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania)