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Hope, William (1660? – 1720?)

« D’après Schrader, cet écossais aurait appris l’équitation en France sous Solleysel dont il a traduit les livres en 1696 et auxquels il aurait ajouté quelques remarques. » Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval

– The Compleat horseman, or Perfect farrier discovering the surest marks of the Beauty, Goodness, Faults and Imperfections of Horses ; the signs and cures of their diseases ; the true method both of their preservation and cure ; with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of Bleeding and Purging. London, Gillyflower, 1696.

– The compleat horseman or, perfect farrier — in two parts : part I. discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness faults, and imperfections of horses ; the best method of breeding and backing of colts, making their mouths, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering of horses ; the art of shoeing, with the several sorts of shoes, adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good : the art of riding and managing the great horse, &c. : part II. contains the signs and causes of their diseases, with the true method of curing them .Written in French by the sieur de Solleysel, Querry to the late King of France, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris. Abriged from the Folio done into English by Sir William Hope. With the Addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers; and Directions to the Buyers and Sellers of Horses. The Third edition corrected. Illustrated with several copper plates. London, Printed for R. Bonwick, J. Tonson, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, S. Manship, R. Wilkin, B. Tooke, R. Smith, and T. Ward, 1717.