La parfaite connoissance des chevaux, leur anatomie, leurs bonnes & mauvaises qualitez, leurs maladies & les remedes qui y conviennent.

Folio: [8]-256-[8] pp. (damp stain in upper gutter not touching the text or pl.).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 6 raised bands, brown leather title label (corners sl. bumped and rubbed, joints rubbed, head and tail def.).

First edition of a classic treatise on horse medicine by G. de Saunier (1663-1748), equerry of the Duke de Lude. Engr. ill.: vignette on title, headpiece with arms of dedicatees, full-page portrait of G. de Saunier by D. Coster and 61 full-page plates by various artists, including 43 anatomical plates. Title in red & black.
Ref. Dejager 293. - Mennessier II:40. - Nissen (ZBI) 3592. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Prov. Général Roullet, Marconne (bookpl.).