The compleat horseman: or, perfect farrier. In two parts. Part I. Discovering the surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodness, Faults, and Imperfections of Horses; the best Method of Breeding and Backing of Colts, making their Mouths, Buying, Dieting, and otherwise ordering of Horses. The Art of Shoeing, with the several Sorts of Shoes, adapted to the various Defects of Bad Feet, and the Preservation of Good. The Art of Riding and managing the Great Horse, &c. Part II. Contains the Signs and Causes of their Diseases, with the true Method of Curing them. Written in French by the Sieur de Solleysel, Querry to the late King of France, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris. Abridged from the folio done into English by Sir William Hope. With the addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers; and Directions to the Buyers and Sellers of Horses.
- Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.
- Date:
- 1717
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Also known as
Parfait mareschal. English. Abridgments
Publication/Creation
London : printed by J.B. for R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, J. Nicholson, R. Wilkin, B. Tooke, R. Smith, and T. Ward. 1717.
Physical description
[16],376,[16]p.,plates ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The third edition corrected. Illustrated with several copper plates.
References note
ESTC T102425
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.