Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Winter, Georg Simon, b. ca. 1634
Title:: Georgii Simonis Winteri, Bellerophon, sive Eques peritus : hoc est, artis equestris accuratissima institutio, opere bipartito, seu duobus libris, absoluta : quorum prior modum explicat, quo dextrè quis equum conscendere, vel decorè descendendo relinquere, adeoq[ue] secundùm omnes palaestrae hujus praeceptiones (s. lectiones) nobili hoc armento excellenter uti; nec non decursionibus ad annulum vel quintanam, hastiludiis, & torneamentis, aliísve generosorum exercitiis equestribus, decenter, atque gloriosè defungi queat; heroinis item, illustribus ac nobilibus foeminis, commodâ & gratiosâ equitatione per agros, vel stadia aliquot, spatiandi rationem commonstrat; posterior autem, quomodo indomitus, intractatus, atque iners equus, ad equitatum, vel venatum, erudiendus sit, ostendit; insuper & de fraenis, quibus eum induere oporteat, peculiariter, copiosè, ac luculenter disserit : quibus omnibus perlongo atq[ue] experientissimo usu, creberrimoq́[ue] autoris exercitio, investigatis & probatis, ex ejusdem inventu rariores, nec unquam visae hactenus, figurae s. imagines accessêre, regulis scilicet ac praeceptis ejusmodi illustrandis utilissimae: in gratiam publicae strenuitatis luci publicae exposita, nec vernaculo tantùm, sed in usum exterorum Latino etiam sermone descripta.
Alternate Title(s):: Bellerophon, sive Eques peritus
Published / Created:: Norimbergae : Sumtibus Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri, & haeredum Johannis Andreae Endteri, Anno MDCLXXVIII [1678]
Physical Description:: [16], 191, [1] p., [2], 104 leaves of plates, 60 plates (all but nos. 13 and 20 double), [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BEIR Uzfe45 +678w: No. 1 of 2 titles bound together. Autograph of William H. Brewer. Imperfect: 104 plates wanting.
Subject Terms:: Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800. | Haute école (Horsemanship) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Dressage -- Early works to 1800. | Bits (Bridles) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Liechtenstein, House of -- Bookplate. | Brewer, William Henry, 1828–1910 -- Autograph. | Prince Liechtenstein Library -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1678. | Woodcuts -- 1678.
Contributors:: Schuster, Michael, fl. 1685. | Schurtz, Cornelius Nicolaus, engraver. | Troschel, Peter, ca. 1620–ca. 1667, engraver. | Endter, Wolfgang Moritz, 1653–1723, publisher. | Endter, Johann Andreas, publisher.