Cavallo Frenato di Pirro Antonio Ferraro Napolitano

Printed in Venice in 1620 by Francesco Prati, divided into four books in one volume. Second edition.

Folio volume, contemporary cardboard binding with raised bands.

A fine printer’s device appears on the first and last pages, with decorative initials and numerous full-page engravings depicting horse tack and horseshoes. It is a treatise on equitation and farriery that also includes the work of the author’s father, Gio. Battista Ferraro.

The work is complete. Contemporary binding with defects, including splitting at the joints; otherwise in more than good original condition, with some humidity staining and a few watermarks.