A new method, and extraordinary invention, to dress horses, and work them according to nature: as also, to perfect nature by the subtilty of art; which was never found out, but by the thrice noble, high, and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle; Earl of Ogle; Vicount Mansfield; and Baron of Bolsover, of Ogle, of Bertram, Bothal, and Hepple: Gentleman of His Majesties bed-chamber; one of His Majesties Most Honourable Privy-Councel; Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; His Majesties lieutenant of the country and town of Nottingham; and justice in Ayre Trent-North: who had the honour to be governour to our most glorious king, and gracious soveraign, in his youth, when he was Prince of Wales; and soon after was made captain general of all the provinces beyond the river of Trent, and other parts of the kingdom of England; with power, by a special commission, to make knights.
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, MP (1593-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1667
Materials
Place of origin
London
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3138644
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 342, 001-040, 343-352, [4] p. ; fol. Running number: 5501. Pagination: [12], 342, 001-008, 343-352, [4] p. Imperfect[?]: wanting p. 009-040. Manuscript corrections in ink to printed text on. p. 22, 62, 121, 139, 210, 227, 255 and 316. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: seventeenth-century full blind-panelled calf; double fillet border; blind-roll panel with cornerpiece stamps; blind roll pattern on board edges; 6 raised bands; blind fillets and rolls on spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine: 'Newcastle's Horsemanship'. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, MP (1593-1676)