[Horses]. TheNovello giardino della pratica, ed esperienza di Gio. Batista Trutta napolitano del 1785 che "tratta della generazione, e nobiltà del cavallo con li segni buoni, e cattivi del medesimo; delle origini, e qualità de' morbi, che li accadono; colo chiaro modo di curarearli perfettamente, e quando si deve sagnare, con la regola di darli l'erba; ed avvertimenti, come si vende, e compra", unfortunately missing the plates, within coeval vellum binding with manuscript title on the spine. Also in the lot is a fine copy of the first edition L'arte del cavallo by Santapaulina of 1696 with antiporta and portrait of the author. (2)

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