Manuscripts
MS1
ALTMAN, CHRISTOPHER
Ross Artzneij: so mit allem Vleis auffs aller kürtzest zusamenbracht und offt gar und vielmas probirt wörden sein/durch Christtofen Altman Huf Schmidt und Burger die newen Stadt Prag. 1580.
[118 leaves (including 51 blank leaves)]. 16cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout using iron gall ink with 236 numbered Fraktur captions in ink. Pages have ruled lines on all sides. Bound in limp vellum with color cord ties. Spine label is blue ball point pen on paper not contemporary with original binding.
Provenance: “Ex libris Joannis Caroli DScherffenberg.…”
MS2
APOLLARO, GIO
Incommincia Il libro di miniscalcheria, e capituli dell’infirmità de cavalli/quale fú cavato da Mró gio: Apollaro mastro de stalla del ré Carlo, il quale molto fú esperto nella presente arte, secondo nel presente libro si descrive. 1559.
[1], 74 leaves, including 1 blank leaf, 23cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with most leaves written on both sides all in the same hand. Remedies on leaves 73-74 added later? At head of title: “In Dei nomine. amen.” Colophon on 72: “Finisceno tutti li capitoli della [precedente?] tabola scritto in umbró alli 21 xmbre 1559.” Limp vellum binding and remnant of leather tie with front cover vellum flap. MS. slip mounted inside back cover.
MS3
APPROBIRTER ROSS DOCTOR. [ca. 1700].
419, [13] leaves, illus., 32cm.
419 leaves followed by 13 unnumbered blank leaves. Leaf numbering discrepancies: leaf 255 and leaf 373 wanting; leaves 336-337 repeated. Three drawings of horse’s shoe on verso of leaf 25; recto of leaf 26; and recto of leaf 32.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with 144 numbered chapters or remedies. Written in same hand on both sides except leaf 419. Accompanied by two hand written sheets containing remedies. Title from spine. Bound in full calf. Spine decoration, six panels, five with gold tooling and one panel with paper title label with title tooled in blind. Sewn on five raised cords, green/white sewn on end bands.
MS4
BILGER, JEAN
[Rossarznei]; Anhang einiger Rind-Viehes Artzneyen. [182_?].
108; [1], 10, [2], 11-22, [83]p., illus., 37 cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout on blank ledger sheets in black ink with remedy headings in Fraktur. Text followed with [83] pages of ledger entries in French lettering practice, blank pages, etc. Rebound in half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Original pastedowns adhered to new pastedowns with back pastedown re-adhered upside down.
Provenance: Adam George in Liedersept (?).
MS5
A BOK OF MEDYSENS & DRYINGES FOR HORSES, BOLLICKES BESYD MANY ODER FOR ODER KETTELL & HOGES. … [157_?].
108p., 14cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with a few entries in other hands. Pages numbered in pencil. Title on page 1. Pages 91-92 and 97-107 are blank. Binding is side-stitched with vellum wrapper, front flap extends over fore edge onto back.
MS6
CAMBRESIS, JEAN
Livre des secrets pour les maladies des cheua[ls]: apartenant à Iean Cambresis, marichal expert a Loueigne Comté de Logne, anno 1701.
[12], 276, [36]p., 21cm.
Cursive script in iron gall ink with red and black on title page and index. Written in same hand throughout. Finger tabs for alphabetical index. Rebound in full leather binding with raised bands. Blind tooled borders on front and back boards, as well as inside covers.
MS7
[COGNIZIONE DE’ CAVALLI], [1806?]
[10], 337, [4]p., 26cm.
Printed script in black ink in same hand throughout. Red ink used for chapter headings. Index included. Additional notes on the four unnumbered pages following page 337, as well as two slipped in notes. Title on spine in black ink: “Cognizione de Cavalli Opera MS. 3.” Limp vellum style binding using heavy paper. Textblock sewn on three twine supporters.
Provenance: Flaminio dalla Torre di Rezzonico, 1806.
MS8
[CURES AND RECIPES]. [c. 1763-1815].
[2], 36, [3] leaves, 21cm.
Cursive script in black ink in same hand throughout. While mostly devoted to human ailments and household remedies, there are several cures for cows and cattle. Rebound with paper cover glued on spine, not contemporary with text.
Provenance: Guilhelmi Corne.
MS9
DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. [1908-1910]. 3 vols.
147; 96; 37; illus., 22cm.
Apparently a student’s notebook with the name W. H. Rozine on title page of vol. 1. Cursive script in black and blue ink in same hand throughout. Lined dated journal with many pages blank except for numbered pages. Vol. 1 is devoted to lectures on, “Diseases of Horses and Cattle,” with an index. Vol. 2 is devoted to, “Anatomy by Dr. Fowler Ontario Veterinary College Toronto Canada 1908-09,” with an index. Vol. 3 is devoted to animal dentistry. “Dr. Limbil’s notes,” appears on page 1. Commercially produced bound journal.
MS10
FERRI, VINCENZIO
La Masceleia toscana/di Vincenzio Ferri, maestro di stalla della cauallerizza del … G. D. Ferdinando II di Toscana. [Late 17th century?].
[2], 135, [10]p., 29cm.
Cursive script written in the same hand in iron gall ink. Index included. The fore edges of pages 51-106 have been damaged by a pest (?) with minor textual damage. Binding is long stitch on vellum; sewing supports with paper covers.
MS11
FILLIS, JAMES, 1834-1913
Principles of training and of horsemanship. Edition revised, corrected and considerably increased. Paris: E. Flamiron [sic], 1892.
718, 2p., 33cm.
Imprint apparently taken from the French original. Translation of Principes de dressage et d’equitation (Paris: E. Flammiron, 1892). A different translation has been published under title, Breaking and riding with military commentaries (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1902). Cursive script in same hand throughout in black writing ink fading to brown. Commercially bound blank journal.
Provenance: Gurdon A. and Virginia Dimoc, Kalamazoo Public Library.
MS12
GRISONE, FEDERICO
Des edlen hochberümbten rittermässigen Manns Friderici Grisoni Neopoltanius beschreibung rütterlichen tugennt der Reutterey wahre gerechte ordnungen vnd lehren die Pferdt gerecht inn alle geradigkeit zum Ernnst vnnd Kurtzweill geschickt vnnd volkhomben zumachen durch Josephen Höchstettern uffs ainfelttigest verteutscht…. ca. 1560.
[11], 93 leaves, illus., 34cm.
Written in cursive script by same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Includes index or table of contents. Ink drawings on recto of leaf 41 and verso of leaf 64. Translation of Ordini di Cavalcare. Naples, 1550.
Bound in full calf with numerous gold tooled borders. Five raised bands on spine. Boards show evidence of ties no longer present. Edges to textblock have been gilded and tooled, but pattern hard to discern as a result of rebinding.
Provenance: Bookplate of Alfred Barmore Maclay laid in.
MS13
THE HORSE [1843?]
86, [48] leaves, illus., 19cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in black writing ink. 45 numbered colored anatomical illustrations of the horse with number four omitted. Text and illustrations on recto only of leaves 1-86. Additional text written in badly faded pencil and one illustration on leaves [87-93]. Rebound in quarter leather with linen boards. Original marbled paper front and end covers are preserved with bookseller’s label of H. Gosbell, Stationer, Bookseller, and Paper Hanger, 116 High Holborn.
Provenance: Rich Rame [?] Veterinary College, Camden Town.
MS14
ISE, SADATAKE, 1717-1784
Shoan nikki kôshô. [1775].
[14], [29] leaves, illus., 28cm.
Written at Edô in same hand throughout in black ink. Two volumes. Text devoted to saddlery with numerous illustrations. Title (?) information written on the tail. Sewn paper bindings and double leaves of kozo paper.
MS15
LACOSTE
[Chirurgie vétérinaire].
168, [10]p. 23cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in black writing ink. Signed “Lacoste” or “Lacotte” on page 165, at end of text. Includes index at rear of book. The bottom edges of all the pages have been eaten by a rodent (?) with no damage to text. Rebound in quarter leather with linen boards.
MS16
[LIBRO DELLA MASCHALCIA DE NOBILISSIMI CAVALLI]. ca. 15th century.
80 leaves, 23cm.
Written in printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink; chapter headings in red ink. Annotations (later?) written in a different hand in black writing ink. Leaves heavily soiled and significantly worn at edges with little damage to text. Tidelines indicate water damage. A large fragment from a book on horses with their diseases and treatment divided into three books each with chapters and table of contents. The first book (1-27 leaves) begins with chapter 10 and ends with chapter 64; the second book (28-57 leaves) lists 63 chapters with all present; the third book (58-80 leaves) lists 83 chapters with chapters 1-24 present only. All that remains of the original binding is the sewing which is on two sets of doubled leather thongs. Paper wrappers with printed label on spine: S. III 6 Mascalcia s. xv. 4076143.
Provenance: ex libris Hermann Sucher.
MS17
[LIBRO D[?] RECETTE P[ER?] GUARIR SPARAUIERI ET ASTORRI. ... [1559?]
[1], 21, [7] leaves, 22cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Text devoted to birds of prey and their diseases with leaf [22] followed by six leaves in a different hand of unrelated matter in which the date (?) “i6i6” appears several times. Publication date from slip laid in, but now missing. Leaves are soiled with tidelines throughout text indicating water damage. The limp vellum binding and the leather thongs, though sympathetic, are not contemporary with the text. The gray paper end sheets are modern 20th century and flange between the two signatures is adhered with plastic adhesive.
MS18
LIBRO MANOSSCRITTO CHE ERA DI MICHELE TASSONI MARESCHALCHO. 1544.
[1], 1-90. 102-133, 136, 138-141, 144-158, [159-165] leaves, 22cm.
Numbered leaves in printed script in several hands in iron gall ink. Unnumbered leaves in cursive script by different hand, including a title page with the date “1730,” appear to have been added to the text at a later date. Text devoted to treatment of horse diseases and dated “1544” on recto of leaf 144. Index of remedies on leaves 148-158. Leaves 91-101 and 142-143 have been clipped out; 134, 135, and 137 have been omitted in the foliation; and 113, 155, [165] are blank. The following leaves have had part of their text crossed out: verso of 12, recto of 13, recto of 58, verso of 90, recto of 130, verso of 131, recto of 144. Title written on spine in cursive script in iron gall ink: “Tassoni Rimedi per Cavelli.”
Limp vellum binding, sewn and panels have faded orange thread. The unnumbered leaves apparently added at a later date suggest that the binding is not contemporary with the text.
MS19
[LIBRO VETERINARIO]. [16__].
[1], 130, [1] leaves, 20cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Text comprised of 658 numbered remedies of horse diseases with index at rear of text. Caption on recto of leaf 1: Per humore e sfogature de caualli in particolare quando esse’ aqua e materia. Limp vellum binding.
MS20
MALATTIE DEI CAVALLI: MS. s. XVI. 1548?.
70 leaves, 21 cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink and red ink, which has significant loss due to abrasion. The text on the verso of leaf 64 and recto of leaf 65 has been crossed out. The date “1548” is found on verso of the first leaf and may not apply to main body of the manuscript. Text devoted to diseases and cures for horses with a table of contents at front of text. Title from spine. Case binding in half vellum and paper not contemporary with text.
MS21
MANAGE DE BOURGELAT DE COSTRANNE. 1788
[2], 217p., 21cm.
Written in cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Text is an unpublished manuscript on horsemanship attributed to Claude Bourgelat and dated 1788. Bound in Turkey red leather in a wallet style with flap wrapping from the back board around to the front. Gold tooled borders on front and back boards and gilt on edges on textblock. Marbled end sheets.
Provenance: Bookplate of Oliver Belmont.
MS22
[MANUSCRIPT TREATISE ON HORSES]. [Persian?]. [18th century?].
106p., illus., 20cm.
Possibly from northern India and written in nasta’liq script in same hand throughout in black and red writing ink. Margins ruled in red, blue, and gold. Thirteen colored illustrations all with the faces of horses and riders slightly rubbed. Pages numbered in pencil at a later date. Contains information on classification of horses by color; disorders and remedies; physiology and development. Rebound in case binding in quarter leather not contemporary with text.
MS23
MEDICAL PRECEPTS, ETC. USED ON FARRIERY. [177_?].
40 leaves, 20cm.
Written in cursive script by several different hands in iron gall ink. Text devoted primarily to horseshoeing, blacksmithing, and cures for horse diseases, although there are additional remedies for human ailments, including “To cure the Bite of mad Dog” and “Cure for a recent Cough and Cold by John Thornton, M.D.” Several horse cures attributed to “H. Bracken.” Title from recto of leaf [1].
Limp vellum binding is heavily soiled. Textblock is competely detached from cover, although the sewing is intact.
Provenance: John Miller; John Dobing; Thomas English [?].
MS24
PRYNNE, H. FELLOWES
Horse dentition: the “Galvayne” system of ascertaining the age of a horse. [19__?].
[70] leaves, illus., 17cm.
Printed script in same hand throughout in blue writing ink with some underlining in red ink. With 41 illustrations in pencil and black ink numbered in red ink. At foot of title page: “H. Fellowes Prynne, 21st (E of I) Lancers. Leaves [1-57] are text and illustrations with leaves [58-70] blank.
Rebound in modern case binding quarter leather.
MS25
REMEDES ET RECEPTES POUR PLUSIEURS MALLADIES QUI SENSUYUENT [?] SUR [?] CHEUVALX. [15th century?].
[22] leaves, 24cm.
Printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Title from caption on recto of leaf [3]. Leaves [1, 21-22] are blank except for brief note on recto of leaf [1] possibly by former owner. Folded slip mounted between leaves [18-19]. Textblock is a single signature which has been bound into a 20th century case binding.
MS26
RICETTE PER CAUALLI. [17th century?].
[1], 230, [4] leaves, 28cm.
Written in Italian in printed script by same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Title from spine. Text divided into 331 numbered chapters each devoted to remedies for horse diseases. On verso of leaf 229 is the following: “I seguenti rimedij sono stati prouati con felice successo da me Roberto Carradori”.
Bound in stiff-board vellum binding with sewn-on bands.
MS27
ROSS ARZTENEY BUECH. 1706.
[6], 235, [27]p. 21cm.
Cursive in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Text devoted to horse diseases and remedies, including two unattached sheets. There is one ink drawing of horse’s mouth and teeth on page 197. Pages 203-204 and its conjugate 221-222 are wanting. Index is present at rear of text. Bound in stiff-board vellum glued on blue and white end bands.
MS28
RUEFF, A. VON (ADOLPH VON), 1820-1885
Thierheilkunde. [1851?-1859?].
144, [4], 200, [6], 59p., illus., 22cm.
Cursive script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink. Contents include: Vortrag des Dr. Rueff, Wintersemester 1851/1852; Thierheilkunde specieller Theil, vorgetragen von Dr. Rueff, Hohenheim im Sommersemester 1852; Arzneimittellehre [185_?]. With numerous ink illustrations interspersed in text.
Case binding in half publisher’s cloth and brown paper. Title stamped in gold on spine.
MS29
RUFFO, GIORDANO, fl. 1250-1260
Libro marischalcie equorum. [ca. 1400]
[80] leaves, illus.
Printed script in same hand throughout in iron gall ink with section headings and a few words rubricated. Title from incipit which appears on the recto of leaf [1] followed by a table of contents on leaves [1-2]. Occasional illustrations not related to the text. Bound in stiff-board vellum with title tooled in gold and library catalogue number “N. 6 29” in iron gall ink.
Provenance: Bookplate of Jaco Calleri Damonte Graja (Piemont).
Illustration: page 26
MS30
QUESTO PRESENTE UOLUME SI TRATTA DE TUTTE LE MALATIE CHE UENGANO AL CAUALLO O UERO AD ALTRA BESTIA TANTO ACIDENTE QUANTO CHE NATURALE. … [ca. 1500]
[6], 92, [1], leaves, 30cm.
Printed script in same hand (?) throughout in iron gall ink and rubricated with additional colored initials and decoration; colored border on title page. The text lists 222 numbered diseases of horses followed by directions for the preparation of cures. Number 15 on recto of leaf 7 is lined through. Includes table of contents. Miscellaneous writings on final unnumbered leaf are by a different hand and appears unrelated to text. While sympathetic to time period, binding is 20th century with antique, blind tooled leather on front and back cover boards laid over modern calf. Clasps on back board do not have a match.