Treasury of Primary Directives for the Equestrian Art for the Imperial Riding School of Vienna by Johann Christoph von Regenthal

Now in print! "A Sensation: The first publication of a rediscovered manuscript by one of the earliest Oberbereiters (Chief Riders) of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. This timeless riding manual holds extraordinary relevance today and offers insights of inestimable historical value. Written in the early 18th century by Edler von Regenthal, the first Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School." — Bertold Schirg Two centuries apart, two rare masterpieces of the Imperial Spanish Riding School now appear together for the first time in English. Johann Christoph von Regenthal (1670s–1730), Chief Rider of the Austrian Imperial Riding School under Emperors Joseph I and Charles VI, shaped an equestrian tradition that spread across Europe and endures to this day. His Directives for the Schooling of Riders and Horses (c. 1720) form the earliest concise statement of the Viennese method—a humane, disciplined system grounded in fifty years of practice at the heart of the Habsburg court. Regenth