May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603
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Sale 2603 - Lot 65

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
[Medicine & Science] Trutta, Giovanni Battista (fl. circa 1700)
Novello Giardino della Prattica et Esperienza.

Naples: Nella Stamperia de Bonis, si vende dal Autore, 1707.

Second edition, expanded, quarto in four parts (the first edition was published in 1699 in octavo and three parts);

[bound with] Vero Modo di Curare la Influenza del Sangue Potrido, con lo Humore Colerico, e Morte di piu Cavalli, Naples: [no printer], 1712; [together with] another pamphlet by the same author on health issues of horses dated 1713, not issued with a formal title; [and] a religious allegorical engraving by Suor Isabella Piccini (1644-1734) pasted to the verso of the last text leaf of the first work titled, "Il Far Credenza e Cosa Mala," depicting a Roman soldier with a sword about to strike a woman he holds by her hair; the first work illustrated with six full-page engravings by Fabiano Miotte and two full-page woodcuts of horse bits; bound in full contemporary limp parchment, worn, signs of use, old inscriptions; library stamps to title, last leaf, and first plate; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.

Trutta's rare works concern themselves with equine veterinary matters, horse riding, and the care of other domesticated farm animals. Illustrations depict a rider on horseback, the astrological horse, horse bits, and other related subjects of horse anatomy.

First title rare at auction; Worldcat lists one copy of this edition and two copies of the first edition in libraries worldwide; second title not recorded in Worldcat.
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