La pratique du caualier, ou, L'exercice de monter a cheual : qui enseigne la methode de reduire les cheuaux dans l'obeissance des plus beaux airs & maneiges
A 1650 French horsemanship manual published in Paris by Guillaume and Jean Baptiste Loyson, written by René de Menou, sieur de Charnizay, with François Chauveau, for riders learning to train horses in the classical airs and manèges. The pictures here are decorative woodcut initials, headpieces and ornamental strips in a late Renaissance style, with dense foliage, cherubs, a grotesque mask and scrolling vines that a designer could borrow for historical borders and capitals.
