[Equestrian, Folio, Illustrated, 1734]
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Jean de Saunier. LA PARFAITE CONNOISSANCE DES CHEVAUX…. The Hague: Adrien Moetjens, 1734. Folio, 15.25" x 10". [8], 256, [8] pp. + Engraved portrait and 61 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in full period calf with period marbled papers; a nice copy with wide margins. ********** FIRST EDITION of this veterinary treatise on horses, illustrated with 61 full-page plates – including many anatomical plates. The author was the principal attendant to the horses of the Duke de Lude. Lower title bears an early ownership inscription in Portuguese.
Condition
Head and tail with professional repairs, boards lightly rubbed, edges scuffed. Contents are clean overall with some mild age-toning and occasional light foxing, blank endpapers with some waterstains and approx. 7 other leaves observed with some smaller faded water-stains to margins. Overall clean, an attractive and Very Good example.
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[Equestrian, Folio, Illustrated, 1734]
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