[Rarebooks] FS: Veterinary care of horses based on "astrological medicine". 2nd ed. Barcelona: 1734

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(VETERINARY MEDICINE) Garcia Conde, Pedro. VERDADERA ALBEYTERIA... Dividido en Quatro Libros Juntos... Barcelona: Por Jospeh Giralt. 1734. The second edition.  Folio. (12),466(i. e., 436),(4)pp. Double column text. Including the half-title. Woodcut publisher's device on title page. Illustrated with 2 full-page woodcuts of equine anatomy, 7 large text woodcut astrological diagrams each with a horse in the center, and 12 text woodcuts of zodiac figures. Cont. limp vellum, soiled, leather ties lacking, hand lettered spine. Occasional foxing and toning.    $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work was first published in 1685. Palau #98694. Huth, WORKS ON HORSES AND EQUITATION p. 26, recording the 1685 and 1734 editions.

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