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The compleat horseman : or, perfect farrier : in two parts : part I. discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness faults, and imperfections of horses ; the best method of breeding and backing of colts, making their mouths, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering of horses ; the art of shoeing, with the several sorts of shoes, adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good : the art of riding and managing the great horse, &c. : part II. contains the signs and causes of their diseases, with the true method of curing them
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The compleat horseman : or, perfect farrier : in two parts : part I. discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness faults, and imperfections of horses ; the best method of breeding and backing of colts, making their mouths, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering of horses ; the art of shoeing, with the several sorts of shoes, adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good : the art of riding and managing the great horse, &c. : part II. contains the signs and causes of their diseases, with the true method of curing them

Author: Jacques de Solleysel; William Hope, Sir.
Publisher: London : Printed by F.B. for R. Bonwick , 1717.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3d ed. correctedView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Early works to 1800
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jacques de Solleysel; William Hope, Sir.
OCLC Number: 34953140
Notes: Title inside double-line border.
Signatures: [A]² B-P⁸ Aa-Kk⁸ Ll⁴.
Separate t.p. for: A compendious treatise of the art of riding : collected from the best modern writers on this subject (London, 1717); paged continuously.
Includes index.
Plate facing p. 272 damaged.
Handwritten inscriptions: t.p. "James Withers 17??" ; back endsheet "Colonel Blake 1751/??".
Description: [4], 376, [16] p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : front., ill. ; 20 cm.
Other Titles: Parfait mareschal.
Perfect farrier
Compleat horseman : or, perfect farrier
Responsibility: written in French by the Sieur de Solleysel, Querry to the late King of France, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; abridged from the folio done into English by Sir William Hope ; with the addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers ; and directions to the buyers and sellers of horses ; illustrated with several copper plates.

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