The compleat horseman : Discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults, and imperfections of Horses: The signs and causes of their diseases, the true method both of their preservation, and cure: with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. Also the art of shoeing, with the several kinds of shoes adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good. Together with the best method of breeding colts, backing them, and making their mouths, &c. By the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris. To which is added, a most excellent supplement of riding, collected from the best authors. With an alphabetical catalogue of all the physical simples in English, French, and Latin. Made English from the eighth edition of the original. By Sir William Hope, Kt. deputy-lieutenant of the castle of Edinburgh. The whole illustrated with copper cuts curiously engrav'd.

Author/creator Solleysel, Jacques de
Format Electronic
EditionThe second edition corrected from many errors in the former edition.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for R. Bonwick, J. Tonson, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, R. Wilkin, B. Tooke, R. Smith, and T. Ward, 1717.
Description2 unnumbered pages, xlv, 1 unnumbered page, 326, 323-324;2 unnumbered pages, xvi, 300, 4 unnumbered pages, plates : portrait ; 8⁰.
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Uniform titleParfait mareschal. English. Abridgments
General noteIn two parts each with separate titlepage, pagination, and register.
General noteText continuous despite pagination.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References English Short Title Catalog, N44410.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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