Horseshoeing, Horseshoeing--Early works to 1800, Horses--Diseases, Horsemanship, SF285 .S68 1696
by the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a... Show moreby the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a most excellent supplement of riding, collected from the best authors, with an alphabetical catalogue of all the physical simples in English, French, and Latin, by Sir William Hope, Kt. Deputy-Lieutenant of the Castle of Edinburgh. Translation of the author's : Le parfait mareschal. With frontis. portrait (plate) of the author. With additional engraved title pages (plates) for parts 1 and 2. "A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal or the most Compendious and Excellent Treatise of riding. Whereby all kinds of horses may be wrought according to Nature, and Perfected by the subtility of Art. Being a Collection, taken from the Best and most Modern Writers upon that Subject. The whole Collected and Methodized by Sir William Hope of Kirklistoun, Kt. Lieutenant Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh" has separate undated title page, with imprint "Printed at Edinburgh", pagination and register. Part 1 is a reissue, with cancel t.p., of the sheets of the Edinburgh edition with title: The parfait mareschal or Compleat farrier. Part 2, "The compleat horseman. Part I." (caption title), has separate pagination and register. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .S68 1696 Book Item-ID: i21528615 BIB-ID: 1981958 Includes indexes. Show less
Birds--Early works to 1800, Birds--Early works to 1800--Pictorial works, QL673 .B45 1555
par Pierre Belon du Mans. Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost ... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p. L'... Show morepar Pierre Belon du Mans. Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost ... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p. L'histoire de la natvre des oyseavx. First and only early edition of one of the first books devoted solely to birds, with contemporary hand-coloured woodcuts by Pierre Gourdelle and others. It was intended as a compendium of ornithology and includes an important comparison of human and avian skeletons, which became the foundation of the science of comparative anatomy. The work is divided into 7 parts: the first on the anatomy and physiology of birds; the second on birds of prey; the third on swimming birds; the fourth on shore birds; the fifth on galliformes; the sixth on crows and similar species; and the seventh on songbirds. The second part also includes an chapter on falconry. The work was published in two issues, with variant title-pages of the publishers Gilles Corrozet and Guillaume Cavellat. Lacking blank pages 275-276 and the final blank leaf. Title-page soiled and restored, with later owner's inscription, right lower corners thumbed throughout and some occasional stains and minor foxing. Still in good condition, with crude contemporary hand-coloured illustrations Main Heritage Shelves General QL673 .B45 1555 Book Item-ID: i1706692x BIB-ID: 1525358 Includes index Show less
Meditations, Meditations--Early works to 1800, Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, DS106 .P37 1566
composée en langue Thyoise par feu F. Iean Pascha ; et nouelleme[n]t translatée, par venerable seigneur Nicolas de Leuze, dict de Fraxinis. Previous... Show morecomposée en langue Thyoise par feu F. Iean Pascha ; et nouelleme[n]t translatée, par venerable seigneur Nicolas de Leuze, dict de Fraxinis. Previously published in Flemish by Hieronymus Welle at Louvain in 1563. Signatures: A-3F⁴. Numbers 186-187 repeated in foliation; leaves 200-201, 203 and 205 numbered 100-101, 103 and 105 respectively. Title page and text pages within architectural borders. Woodcut ill. in text. Main Heritage Shelves General DS106 .P37 1566 Book Item-ID: i22336515 BIB-ID: 2392456 Show less