Horses. Garzoni, Marino. L'Arte di ben conoscere,... Lot 385

[Horses]. Garzoni, Marino. L'Arte di ben conoscere, e distinguere le qualità de' cavalli. Venice, Andrea Poletti, 1713. In 4° (220 x 163 mm);[16], 403, [1] pages. Vignette on title page and 3 plates engraved dasuor Isabella Piccini (lightly browned, a few small stains.) Coeval vellum binding. Ex libris by Giovanni Bizzarro. Third impression containing "the addition of the fourth book, dealing with many internal, and external medicaments." Also in the lot is a copy with barbs ofIl dilettante de' cavalli given in light under the name of Saggio sopra le razze byArgentero de Brézé of 1795 with 4 plates engraved in copper and folded, and theSaggio sopra le razze with some other useful treatises on the subject of horses. Translated from the French and Published for the Profit of the Poor Prisoners of 1770 with 3 engraved and folded plates at the end of the volume. (3)