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THBSOLLEYSEL, Jacques de, 1617-1680. The compleat horseman
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LiveNov 8, 2025
The Library of Curiosities - Part 2 auction features more selections from the collection of John A Davidson Jr., a life long collector of rare books. John was extraordinarily interested in a wide array of subjects including the natural sciences, travel, history, and magic. Gray's Auctioneers info@graysauctioneers.com
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SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de, 1617-1680. 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 reflexions on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. Also the art of shooing, with the several kinds of shooes, adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good. Together with the best method of breeding colts; backing 'em, and making their mouths, &c. By the Sieur de Solleysell, Querry to the present 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. By Sir William Hope ... Made English from the eighth edition of the original, and adorn'd with figures.
London : printed for M. Gillyflower, in Westminster-Hall; R. Bentley, in Covent-Garden; H. Bonwick, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Tonson, W. Freeman, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, in Fleet-street; J. Walthoe, in the Temple; S. Manship, and R. Parker, in Cornhill, MDCXCVI. [1696].
With additional engraved title pages (plates) for parts 1 and 2 and with cancel title page, of “A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal. Or A most compendious and excellent treatise of riding. Whereby all kinds of horses may be wrought according to nature, and perfected by the subtility of art. Being a collection, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject. The whole collected and methodized, by Sir William Hope ...Printed at Edinbvrgh. [1696].”
[36], 261, [4], 86, [18], 300, [4] p. With VI leaves of folded numbers plates. Includes diagrams and marginal notes.
Bound in speckled leather with armorial pattern, raised bands with decorative gilt panels, red leather spine label, gilt spine title, speckled edges. In red cloth slipcase.
H: 12 1/2 W: 8 in.Dimension
Width: 8.00Condition
Good. Front cover detached. Frontis. Partially detached, with slight tears to tail of Pl. 1, with slight tear to tail of Pl. 3. Covers, edges and corners bumps and rubbed.
With “Jo Stonehours / May 25th 1704,” in ink on front free endpapers. With letter from A. Mackay-Smith of The National Sporting Library to Mrs. R. Preston Nash, Jr., October 20, 1977,” regarding the loaning of the book and ultimate return. - Provenance
From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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