[JOURDIN (Jean). Le grand mareschal françois où il est trait - Lot 164

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[JOURDIN (Jean). Le grand mareschal françois où il est trait - Lot 164
[JOURDIN (Jean). Le grand mareschal françois où il est traité de l[a] connoissannce des chevaux, de leurs maladies, & de leur guerison. Together the way to make plasters, ointments & concoctions for them. A very useful and necessary treatise for all lords, gentlemen, squires, mareschals, horse dealers, ploughmen, coachmen and all others who have horses to manage. In Paris, by Jean Prome, 1654. Three parts in one volume in-8, [4] f., 226-186 p., [14] f. table, privileges, one blank), 144 p., figs, old parchment, spine with 5 nerves, red title-piece, speckled edges (title trimmed short, qq. letters mq. on the right; small lack on the bound figure of p.164; title browned, light wetness at the foot of the pages). Second edition revised and corrected. The first one was published in 1647 under the title: "La vraye connoissance du cheval". Rare work: we find only one copy preserved in France (Bibl. St-Geneviève); not in the BnF nor CCFr. The second part is illustrated with full-page woodcuts. Old handwritten bookplate at the end of the volume, drystamp on the title. Attached: SOLLEYSEL (Jacques de). Le parfait maréchal, qui enseigne à connoitre la beauté, la bonté et les défauts des chevaux, les signes & les causes des maladies ; les moyens de les prévenir ; leur guérison, le bon ou mauvais usage de la purgation & de la saignée ; la manière de les conserver dans les voyages, de les nourrir, & de les panser selon l'ordre. The shoeing on the designs of the irons, which will restore the bad feet, & preserve the good ones. Together a Treaty of the stud farm to raise beautiful & good foals, & the precepts for well grooming horses; with the necessary figures. In Paris, s.n. (rue Saint Jacques), 1775. Two parts in one volume in-4, [3] f., [1] blank f., 512 p., [4] f. (table) + 406 p., contemporary marbled tan basane, 5-ribbed spine, red title-piece, ornamented caissons, gilt roulette at the edges, red edges (uncovered headpieces, 3 worn corners; browning; without the frontispiece). New edition, increased by an Abrégé de l'art de monter à cheval. In the second part, 2 plates including 1 folding, engraved on copper; woodcut figures in-text and on full page. Small old manuscript leaf fixed on a guard, offering a remedy against the "courbature" of horses. That is 2 volumes.
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