Farriery improv'd, or, A compleat treatise upon the art of farriery : wherein is fully explain'd, the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and methods of cure ; set down in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit of ; the use and abuse of the science discover'd ; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge for himself, whether or no he is impos'd upon by ignorant grooms, and other pretenders to this art ; together with many necessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses ; likewise an account of drugs and mix'd medicines used in farriery ; with some remarks upon their genuineness and adulteration ; and their several prices, set down alphabetically at the end of the work /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The second edition. |
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| Item Description: | Running title: The art of farriery improved. Head- and tail-pieces; initials. Possibly the first of two eventual volumes, the second volume (a "second edition, with large additions") printed in 1740 for J. Hodges. Cf. ESTC N31397. Includes index. Signatures: A⁴ chi1[=S8] B-R¹² S⁸(-S8). |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 2 unnumbered pages, 363 pages, 35 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm. (duodecimo) |