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De Grey (Thomas) The Compleat Horse-Man and Expert Ferrier. Printed for Thomas Harper and...
The Compleat Horse-Man and Expert Ferrier. Printed for Thomas Harper and Nicholas Fussell, 1651. 8vo, full contemporary calf, sometime rebacked; one woodcut to text, decorative initials to both Books, missing frontis. Second edition, intended to have additions and corrections, however the untimely death of the author led to his missing his deadline. The first part is devoted to the breeding and raising of horses "for running as hunting, and how the rider ought to behave himselfe in the breaking and riding of colts, as also teaching the groome and keeper his true office", and the second to diseases of horses with their cures, listing hundreds of recipes.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £250
Binding worn with upper hinge cracked, 2Q2-3 loose but present, stain v4I1 and r4I2, tear 4R1-2 affecting text, missing port. frontis.
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