Galibert, John Baptist. The riding horse. Vienna, Johann Jakob Kyrner, 1658. In 2nd (307 x 200 mm);[8], 107, [5] pages. Antiporta, typographical mark on title page and 30 full-page figures in the text (occasional browning and blooming.) Coeval binding in half leather with hazel-colored corners with friezes and title in gold on spine. Second edition "where it deals with the very noble virtue of riding ... Divided into three parts, in the first it treats of conoscer li cavalli; in the second the manner of riding; in the third the manner of medicar' ogni sorte d'infirmità."

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