GARSAULT (François-Alexandre de). *The New Perfect Farriers’ - Lot 128

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GARSAULT (François-Alexandre de). *The New Perfect Farriers’ - Lot 128
GARSAULT (François-Alexandre de). *The New Perfect Farriers’ Guide, or a General and Universal Guide to Horses*. Divided into seven treatises... With a dictionary of equestrian terms... Paris, Leclerc, 1770, in-4, 18ff. unnumbered—641 pp. — 49 plates. Light-colored veal leather with a ribbed spine, panels featuring gilt fillets adorned with gilt palmettes and fleurons, title label, red edges. (Contemporary binding). -Without the portrait. Interior in good condition, split joints, caps and corners rubbed. Famous treatise on farriery, here in its fourth edition, published jointly by several booksellers: Despilly, Debure, Bauche, or d’Houry. First published in 1741, *Le Nouveau Parfait Maréchal* was a rival to Solleyssel’s *Parfait Maréchal*, which had been in use since the 17th century. (Mennessier I, p. 526).
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