Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : BURDON, William, Captain. - Le marechal de poche d’un cavalier, qui enseigne, comment se servir de son cheval en voyage et les remedes qui convienn...

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BURDON, William, Captain. Le marechal de poche d’un cavalier, qui enseigne, comment se servir de son cheval en voyage et les remedes qui conviennent dans les maladies et accedents en route... traduit de l’Anglois par M. S. M. Officier Suisse. La Haye: C. de Rogissart & Soeurs, 1737.

12mo (154 × 90 mm), pp. 73, [5]. Typographical ornaments. Early or contemporary sprinkled re-used vellum with traces of old manuscript text. A very good copy.

First edition in French, rare, of one the the most popular eighteenth-century works of equestrian medicine: The Gentleman’s pocket-farrrier. First printed in 1730, it was reprinted numerous times in the eighteenth century in England and translated for use on the continent. There were several French editions but the first is rare.

Worldcat and KVK list copies in the Royal Danish Library and National Library of Sweden only.

£925.00 (equal to approx. US$1464.72* or €1143.96* for 22 May 2012)

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