338 / 444
288
showing parts of the body of a horse in perfect and bad shape. Presentation inscription (mod.) on
front flyleaf.
Ref.
Dejager 260. Mennessier I:438-439.
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LIBERATI, Francesco
- La perfettione del cavallo libri tre. Rome, M. Ercole,
1669, 4to, cont. limp vellum (stained), flat spine titled in ink, [12]-223 (= 227)-[1] pp. (paper age-
toned, stain in bottom margin of last quires). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 600/800
2nd enl. ed. (1st Rome 1639) of the major work of the Rome equerry F. Liberati (d. 1706) - “a work
on the maintenance of horse, horse breeding, horse medicine and stud farms... and livestock brands
of horses owned by Italian families and stables” (Dejager). On pp. 133-223 hundreds of woodcut
brands. Woodcut arms on title, large woodcut at the end. Title printed within ruled border. Old
ownership entries on title. Collector’s ticket Paul Couturier de Royas.
Ref.
Not in Dejager (Cp. nr.
221 =1639 ed.). Rhodes (BL) 484.
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Libro de marchi de cavalli con li nomi de tutti li principi et privati sionor
i
che hanno razza di cavalli. Venice, N. Nelli, 1569, 8vo, mod. dark morocco (rubbed, tanned), gilt
central ornament on covers, gilt spine on 10 raised bands, gilt sides, gilt interior ruled border, marbl.
endpapers, [8] ff. (occ. soiling, title strengthened). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
1st ed.
(2nd 1588) of a very rare anonymous work on ownership brands used by noble owners of
horses. Ill. with an engr. title,
1 folding engr.
picturing a horse subject to different ailments (keyed
by number) and
78 engrs of brands
with notes of ownership. Old name on title.
Ref.
Edit16 31599
(calls for 87 plates). Cicognara 4612 (76 pl.). Mortimer (Harvard Italian) 318 (76 pl.). Not in
Dejager (Cp. 88 later 2nd ed.).
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PRÉSEAU DE DOMPIERRE, Jacques-Marguerite de
- Traité de l’éducation
du cheval en Europe, contenant le développement des vrais principes des haras, du vice radical
de l’éducation actuelle, et des moyens de perfectionner les individus, en perfectionnant les
espèces. Paris, Mérigot, 1788, 8vo, mod. half leather, marbl. paper on covers, gilt titled spine,
marbl. endpapers, green marker, xiij-[3]-246-[2] pp. (somewhat short, occ. spotting). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Rare work on the training of horses, compiled by de Préseau (d. after 1784). Ill. with 1 folding table
and 1 folding coloured engraving. Collector’s ticket.
Ref.
Mennessier II:349-350. Not in Dejager.
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