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WINTER, George Simon
[Dressage Print] [Pl. 93]
[Pl. 93]. Nuremberg: Published by Endter, 1678. Engraving by P. P. Troschel. Printed on laid paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, a 1/4" tear in the left margin, and a mild crease extending from the edge of the right margin into the far right side of the image. Plate mark: 7 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 8 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches.
A beautifully rendered plate from George Simon Winter's seminal publication on 17th-century equestrian dressage and horse rearing "Bellerophon, sive eques peritus..."
Also known as Winter von Adlersflügel, George Simon Winter was a veterinarian and the director of several German stud farms including the Württemberg stud farms of Güterstein, Offenhausen. In addition to Bellerophon, he published an important treatise on veterinary medicine in 1674 that included several plates illustrating various veterinary instruments.
Published in both German and Latin editions, Bellerophon was comprised of numerous of superb engravings by P.P. Troschel and Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz depicting a variety of equestrian training techniques, stances, and the more humane, malleable bits Winter advocated be used for horses. Although espousing slightly different methods of training, specifically regarding the type of bit used in dressage, this important work was published in the tradition of previous influential publications on equitation, such as Federico Grisone's Gli ordini di cavalcare (1550) and Antoine Pluvinal's Le Manège Royal (1623).
Cf. Lipperheide 2913; Brunet V, 465
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