373 - Horses - Caracciolo, Pasqual. *La Gloria del Cavallo*. Divided into ten books ... With two very extensive plates, one depicting notable subjects and the other medicinal subjects. With an appendix by Giovanni Antonio Cito bearing the special title: *On Recognizing the Ailments That Afflict the Horse*. With 2 woodcut printer’s marks and several vignettes and initials. Venice, Giunti, 1608. 34 leaves, 969 pp., 4 leaves, 136 pp. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine (somewhat stained; spine restored).

Horses - Caracciolo, Pasqual. *La Gloria del Cavallo*. Divided into ten books ... With two very extensive plates, one depicting notable subjects and the other medicinal subjects. With an appendix by Giovanni Antonio Cito bearing the special title: *On Recognizing the Ailments That Afflict the Horse*. With 2 woodcut printer’s marks and several vignettes and initials. Venice, Giunti, 1608. 34 leaves, 969 pp., 4 leaves, 136 pp. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine (somewhat stained; spine restored). BL Italian 1601–1700 186 – Cockle 713 note – Schrader p. 72f. - “It is a comprehensive collection of everything pertaining to hippiatry, from the earliest times down to his own.” (Schrader). - The last 4 books deal with diseases of horses. - Copy formerly owned by Georg Wilhelm Schrader (veterinarian and author of the “Biographical-Literary Lexicon of Veterinarians of All Times and Countries”) bearing his signature and a note dated 1827. - Ink stain on title page. - Good copy. *