Methode Et Invention Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux Par Le Tres-Noble, Haut, Et Tres-Puissant Prince Guillaume Marquis Et Comte De Newcastle Vicomte De Mansfield, Baron De Bolsover Et Ogle; Seigneur De Cavendish, Bothel Et Hepwel; Pair D'Angleterre; Qui eut la charge & l'honneur d'étre Gouverneur du Serenissime Prince De Galles en sa jeunesse, maintenant Roy De La Grande-Bretagne; Lieutenant pour le Roy de la Comté de Nottingham, & de la Forest de Sherwwod; Capitaine general en toutes les Provinces outre la Riviere de Trent, & autres endroits du Royaume d'Angleterre; Gentil-homme de la Chambre du lit du Roy; Conseillier d'Etat & Privé; Chevalier du tres-noble Ordre de la Jartiere, &c. Oeuvre, auquel on apprend à travailler les chevaux selon la nature, & parfaire la nature par la subtilité de l'art; traduit de l'Anglois de l'Auteur, par son commandement, enrichy de plusieures belles Figures en taille douce.

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

RA Collection: Book

Record number

03/2946

Author

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Uniform Title

[New method and extraordinary invention to dress horses and work them according to nature., French.]

Variant Title

Methode Nouvelle et Invention extraordinaire de dresser les Chevaux

Imprint

A Anvers,: Chez Iacques van Meurs., L'An M.DC.LVIII.

Physical Description

[28], 271, [9], 19, [5] p., add. engr. t.-pl. (dble.), 42 pl. (all dble.): illus.; 436 mm. (Folio).

General Note

Plate 41 is misnumbered as 40.

Plate 4 (03/1553. The Duke of Newcastle astonishing the Gods) has been removed from the volume and is housed separately in the RA Works on Paper collection.

[Add. engr. t.-pl., t.p., dedic.] - A Mes Tres-Chers Fils Le Seigneur Charles Vicomte De Mansfield, Et Le Seigneur Henry Cavendish - A Tous Honorables Cavaliers, Et Aux Tres-Excellens Cavallerizzes - [Pl. 1-6] - Avant-Propos - La Methode Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux [Text, with pl.] - L'Abbregé De La Cavalerie ... [Text, with pl.] - [Two poems] - Conclusion Au Lecteur - Table Des Chapitres - Fautes - Additions - Remarques - Approbation; Sommaire Du Privilege Du Roy [d'Espagne, &c.]; Extrait Du Privilege Du Roy De France; Abbregé Du Privilege Des Estats Generaux Des Provinces Unies; Transport Des Dits Privileges.

Responsibility Note

The added engraved title-plate is signed as designed by Abr. à Diepenbeke and engraved by Petr. de Iode. All other plates are signed as designed by Diepenbeke; and as engraved or etched by Petr. Clouwet, Petr. van Lisebetten, C. van Caukercken, Lucas Vorstermans iunior, A. Lommelin or Theodor van Kessel (but plate [17] does not carry an engraver's name).

The publisher is named as also the printer in the 'Transports des Dits Privileges'.

The work is dedicated by the author to the King of Great Britain (Charles II).

References

Brunet, I, 1699; J.B. Podeschi, Sport In Art And Books The Paul Mellon Collection Books On The Horse And Horsemanship ... 1400-1941 (1981), no.26., p.34-5; C. Chevenix-Trench, A history of horsemanship (1980).

Summary Note

The added engraved title-plate is dated MDCLVIII; the title-page appears to have a printed date MDCLVII and to have had an 'I' added by hand.

The added engraved title reads, 'La Methode Nouvelle & Invention extraordinaire de dresser les Chevaux les travailler selon nature ... '.

Although this French text was translated from English, the English version was not published until later (1667).

Provenance

Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.

Copy Note

Imperfect; lacks pl. 37.

Binding Note

18th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; rebacked in 1988 by A. Wessely, brown morocco spine-label lettered 'Newcastle. - Methode De Dresser Les Chevaux'.

Subject

Horses - Horsemanship - Dressage - Riding - Animals - Sports - Europe - History - 17th century
Manuals - Belgium - 17th century
Pictorial works - Belgium - 17th century

Contributors

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, draughtsman
Jacobus Meursius, publisher, printer
Charles II King of Great Britain
Pieter de Jode the Younger, engraver
Pieter Clouwet, engraver
Petr. van Lisebetten, engraver
Cornelis van Caukercken, engraver
Lucas Vorsterman II, engraver
Adriaen Lommelin, engraver
Theodor van Kessel, engraver
Anthony Wessely, binder