La perfettione del cavallo, libri tre di Francesco Liberati Romano. : Nel primo si tratta del mantenimento del cauallo, e delle osseruationi circa la generatione, e buon gouerno di esso. Nel secondo si discorre delle sue infermità, e cure. Nel terzo si dimostrano le qualità delle razze antiche, e moderne, de'merchi, e della natura de'caualli italiani, e stranieri. All illustriss et eccellentiss. Principe il Signor D. Gio. Battista Borghese Principe di Svlmona.
Christie's description: 4vo (215 x 162 mm). Engraved folding plate, woodcut illustrations, headpieces and initials (title and dedication with small wormhole in outer margin, folding plate with clean short tear at fold, wormtrack in inner gutter affecting a few leaves, light browning and spottin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Italian |
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In Roma :
Per Michele Hercole,
1669.
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| Summary: | Christie's description: 4vo (215 x 162 mm). Engraved folding plate, woodcut illustrations, headpieces and initials (title and dedication with small wormhole in outer margin, folding plate with clean short tear at fold, wormtrack in inner gutter affecting a few leaves, light browning and spotting). Contemporary vellum (a few small wormholes in upper cover, small piece of vellum torn away from spine), in a folding case. Provenance: "CAST LOVAT" (small stamp on lower margin of title). First published in 1639. The folding plate depicts numerous diseases of horses. Cicognara 4610; Huth p.23. |
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| Item Description: | Signatures: pi² a⁴ A-R⁴ S⁶ T-2E⁴ Leaves S3-4 repeat the numbers 141-44 in paging. Con licenza de'sup. - following year on title page. Woodcut title vignette (arms of the dedicatee, Giovanni Battista Borghese). Woodcut initials, headpieces, illustrations. Printer's device at end of book. |
| Physical Description: | 6, 223 (i.e. 227) pages, 1 unnumbered folding plate : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | Italy -- Rome. |