The parfait mareschal, or, Compleat farrier : which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses; II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good and bad use of purging and bleeding; III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing ... : together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses ..
Alternate Title:
Parfait mareschal; Compleat horseman
Contributor:
Mosman, George (printer)
Name:
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680; Hope, William, Sir
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1696
Language:
English
Provenance:
Riser, Wagner (donor) (inscription, July 1, 1959) (Fairman Rogers copy); Haskins, Ana (autograph, July 1, 1959) (Fairman Rogers copy); Harthill, Adam (autograph, Lousville, 1884) (Fairman Rogers copy); Bramer, C. N. (inscription, Evanstow, Ill., May 1, 1948) (Fairman Rogers copy); Peters, John (autograph, Chicago, May 1, 1948) (Fairman Rogers copy); Robinson, Thomas (autograph, 1760) (Fairman Rogers copy); Clayton, John (autograph) (Fairman Rogers copy); Coupland, John (autograph) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Translation into English of: Le parfait mareschal.; Part 2. has illustrated half-title, engraved: The compleat horseman part the 1st [i.e. 2d]; The supplement has special t.p.: A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal. Or A most compendious and excellent treatise of riding ... The whole collected and methodized, by Sir William Hope ... Printed at Edinburgh.; With side- and shoulder-notes.; Includes index at end of second part.; Fairman Rogers copy: Bound in 1 vol.; Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: half-title of second part wanting.; Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: all plates (no. 1-6) damaged or torn, some with partial loss of illustrations (plate 5 wanting?).
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