* The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.'PFERDE - Ferraro, Pirro Antonio de. Cavallo frenato. Con discorsi notabili, sopra briglie, antiche, & moderne. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 2 woodcut title vignettes, 1 folio-size woodcut with coat of arms and very numerous, mostly full-page woodcuts. Naples, Antonio Pace, 1602. folio (35 × 26.5 cm). [4] vols, 159 p., [2] vols, 320 p. (recte 318, pagination jumps from p. 310 to 313), [1] blind embossed pigskin binding of the period over wooden boards with spine title in manuscript (somewhat stained and bulky, edges slightly rubbed, clasps removed). Nissen ZBI 1344 - Cicognara 4602 - Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 1404 - Lipperheide Tc 19 - not in Mennessier de la Lance. - First edition of the rare horse book. - The splendid woodcuts, occasionally executed in red and black, mainly show bridles, a few with anatomical depictions. They are attributed to the monogramist "FR", who was active in Naples from 1600 to 1610 (see Nagler II, 2379). Beginning with the large woodcut of the coat of arms of the Spanish King Philip II, to whom the work is dedicated. - Slightly browned, only in places, some foxing in the margins. - Provenance: Woodcut bookplate of the Swiss painter Ernst Linck (1874-1935). This object marked with * (asterisk) is fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT will be charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium for these objects. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.