Printed in Padua 1688 in the Seminary Printing House for Agostino Candiani, Dedicated to Ferdinando III de Medici Grand Prince of Tuscany Book in ¼ folio rigid parchment cover, in the process of being detached, the first two sheets have woodworm holes, a few damp stains. Typographic mark on first and last page, capilettera, depictions of horse exercise courses and four figures of galloping horses on full page. Book dealing with the training of the horse, with attention to the mistakes animals can make and how to correct them. It is a concise but comprehensive treatise at the end of which there is a short 'talk' on the essential features of the lance and the rules for riders to participate in jousts.