46 HORSEMANSHIP. 



1717. 



^55' The Compleat Horseman : discovering the surest 

 marks of the beauty, goodness, faults, and imper- 

 fections of Horses : the signs and causes of their 

 diseases, the true method both of their preserva- 

 tion, and cure ; with reflections on the Regular 

 and Preposterous use of Bleeding and Purging. 

 Also the Art of Shoeing, with the several kinds 

 of shoes adapted to the various defects of bad feet, 

 and the preservation of good. Together with the 

 best method of breeding colts, backing them, and 

 making their mouths, etc. By the Sieur de 

 Solleysell, Querry to the French king for his 

 great horses, and one of the Royal Academy of 

 Paris. To which is added a most excellent sup- 

 plement of Riding, collected from the best 

 Authors. With an Alphabetical Catalogue of all 

 the physical simples in English, French, and 

 Latin. Made English from the Eighth Edition 

 of the original. By Sir William Hope, Kt., 

 Deputy- Lieutenant of the Castle of Edinburgh. 

 The Second Edition, corrected from many errors 

 in the former Edition. London. 1717. 

 Folio. Part I., 326 pp. Part II.. 300 pp. The frontis- 

 piece is an engraved portrait of Jacques de Solleysel, 

 and there are 6 engraved copper plates. M., 13! in. 

 by 8| in. 

 Under the frontispiece appear the following words : — 

 " Authors and books a common grave do find, 

 Ours stands unshaken by the general storm ; 

 His work preserves the gloiy of his mind. 

 And th' artful Sculptor saves his outward form." 



