Author: [GUILLET [DE SAINT-GEORGES (Georges)]:
Title: The Gentleman's Dictionary. In Three Parts. Viz. I. The Art of Riding the Great Horse: Containing the Terms and Phrases us'd in the Manage, and the Diseases and Accidents of Horses. II. The Military Art. III. The Art of Navigation. Each Part done Alphabetically....
Description: London: Printed for H. Bonwicke; T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, and S. Manship, 1705. 8vo, 172 x 110, unpaginated, collating A-F4, Aa-Hh2, Aaa-Kkk4, printed in double columns, folding engraved plate of man on horseback before first page of text, 41 woodcuts in text, contemporary panelled calf; front hinge restored with tape, some general wear to binding. The translation of Les Arts de L'Homme d'Épée ou le Dictionnaire du Gentilhomme, first published in 1678, comes with with revisions and additions, including the attractive woodcuts. Georges Guillet (1624 - 1705) was a French scholar, writer and actor, also known by his stage name Guillet de Saint-George, which he first took in 1661.

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