[Rarebooks] FS: Important 1st ed. of a 17th c. English horse book

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De Grey, Thomas (or, De La Grey, Thomas). THE COMPLEAT HORSEMAN AND EXPERT 
FERRIER. In Two Bookes. The First, Shewing the Best Manner of Breeding Good 
Horses... and Prescribing the Best Manner How a Stable Ought to Be Scituated and 
Made... The Second... How to Know and Cure All Maladies and Diseases in 
Horses... the Cures Placed Alphabetically. London: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1639. 
4to. (30),356,(6)pp. Index. Illus. with 1 engraved plate and a text woodcut. 
Numerous decorative woodcut initials. Title within a decorative border and each 
page of text within a ruled border. Cont. ruled calf, worn, rebacked some time 
ago and again more recently. Orig. backstrip laid back down (top compartment 
lacking), red calf spine label. An attractive copy.     $1,500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
First edition of this important 17th century English horse book. There are 
later editions of 1651, 1656, 1670 and 1684. Huth. WORKS ON HORSES p. 19. STC 
#12206 (the variant with N. Vavasor in the imprint).

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