The parfait mareschal, or, Compleat farrier : which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses; II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good and bad use of purging and bleeding; III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing ... : together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses ... / written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel ... ; and translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope ... ; by whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the great Duke of Newcastle.
- Publication:
- Edinburgh : Printed by George Mosman, 1696.
- Format/Description:
- Book
2 volumes : illustrations portrait ; 31 cm (folio) - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3p26qj9c - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Parfait mareschal. English
- Other Title:
- Parfait mareschal
Compleat horseman - Subjects:
- Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Horses.
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Diseases.
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
Horsemanship. - Place of Publication:
- Scotland Edinburgh.
- Notes:
- Translation into English of: Le parfait mareschal.
Part 2. has illustrated half-title, engraved: The compleat horseman part the 1st [i.e. 2d]
The supplement has special t.p.: A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal. Or A most compendious and excellent treatise of riding ... The whole collected and methodized, by Sir William Hope ... Printed at Edinburgh.
With side- and shoulder-notes.
Includes index at end of second part. - Local notes:
- Fairman Rogers copy: Bound in 1 vol.
Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: half-title of second part wanting.
Fairman Rogers copy: Imperfect: all plates (no. 1-6) damaged or torn, some with partial loss of illustrations (plate 5 wanting?). - Penn Provenance:
- Riser, Wagner (donor) (inscription, July 1, 1959) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Haskins, Ana (autograph, July 1, 1959) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Harthill, Adam (autograph, Lousville, 1884) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Bramer, C. N. (inscription, Evanstow, Ill., May 1, 1948) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Peters, John (autograph, Chicago, May 1, 1948) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Robinson, Thomas (autograph, 1760) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Clayton, John (autograph) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Coupland, John (autograph) (Fairman Rogers copy) - Penn Chronology:
- 1696
- Cited in:
- Fox, C.G. The Fairman Rogers Coll. on the horse and equitation, 731
- Contributor:
- Hope, William, Sir
Mosman, George, printer.
Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) - OCLC:
- 15914325