The gentleman or traveller's pocket-farrier, and horseman's tutor : Directing how a horse should be used on a journey. Together with proper remedies for such misfortunes as may befal him on the road. Likewise some useful directions towards the chusing and buying of horses. As also, certain rules to know the age of any horse; with instructions whereby the buyer may (if carefully observ'd) prevent being impos'd upon (as they too frequently are) by jockies and dealers. To which is added, several curious and very necessary observations, and the most proper and valuable receipts from the best authors: together with a true description of the farcin and glanders, worthy to be taken notice of by all lovers of horses.

Niall Kenny description: Very rare; another edition of 1733 in RCVS and BL, but the '2nd edition' did not appear until 1735 (BL and Aberdeen). This book is clearly plagiarised from Burdon, but was itself copied in 1761 under the title "The gentleman's practical farrier: or, the t...

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