SOLLEYSEL (Jacques de). Le parfait mareschal qui enseigne à connoistre la beauté, la bonté , et les défauts des chevaux... Paris, Aubouin, Emery et Clouzier, 1687. 2 volumes in 1 large in-4° volume bound in full brown basane, spine ribbed and gilt (Binding of the period). [6] ff, 346 pp, 10 pp. - 1] f., 396 pp. (noted 398), 12 pp. Decorated with a frontispiece and 2 plates out of text, one of which is folding. A major reference work on hippiatry and horsemanship in the 17th century, which teaches how to recognise the beauty, goodness and faults of horses, diagnose their illnesses, care for them and maintain them. A fairly good copy of this sixth edition, without pp. 385-386 which do not exist. Fairly good overall condition Binding: Solid and without missing parts, but very rubbed Boards rubbed and stained Worm gallery in the upper box of the spine and rubbed nerves Inside pages: Good general condition, scattered foxing, more numerous on some leaves. The title page is obviously that of the 1685 edition with a patch pasted on the title page for the 1687 edition. The same applies to the last page. The missing pages are the same missing pages from the digitised version in the 1685 edition of the National Sporting Library &, Museum: https://archive.org/details/le-parfait-mareschal-1685/page/22/mode/2up'utm_source=chatgpt.com. We have concluded that these pages must be missing from the original...