Horses. Novi, Giuseppe. Vanto delli cocchieri... Lot 401

[Horses]. Novi, Giuseppe. Vanto delli cocchieri napoletani o sia Dell'arte nobilissima che tengono essi in domare li cavalli. Naples, Giuseppe Coda, 1776. In 4° (195 x 142 mm);XI, [1], 194 pages.Portrait of the coachman Gaetano Pozzella copper-engraved on the antiporta (small lack at the upper white corner of the antiporta, some flowering). Modern hazel-colored leather binding. Rare first edition.Shepherd, The Rules of Trades and Professions, p. 304: The operacelebrates "the skill of Neapolitan coachmen by identifying the skilful trade with being Neapolitan, that is, with belonging to a single community without distinction between citizens and outsiders."