La Cavalerie Françoise et Italienne

La cavalerie françoise et italienne...ou, L'art de bien dresser les chevaux, selon les preceptes des bonnes écoles des deux nations : tant pour le plaisir de la carriere, et des carozels que pour le service de la guerre by Pierre de la Noue. Strasbourg : Chez Iac. de Heÿden ..., 1620. Treatise on the training of cavalry horses from French and Italian Schools in the Cooper-Hewitt Library. This first edition of the rare La cavalerie françoise et italienne was the first of a projected quartet of works on horses and horsemanship by Pierre de La Noue. The work is notable for the sections which relate to the training of horses for military purposes and particularly teaching them not to fear arms and familiarising them with the noise and smoke of gunfire. Mennessier de la Lance also notes that La Noue describes the use of either one or two pillars in dressage, some three years before Pluvinel, who is generally credited with the first publication of this technique. Text in Italian and French. Bookplate: Sarah Cooper Hewitt in memory of her Abram S. Hewitt and her sister Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.