Markhams maister-peece· : Contayning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses: drawne with great paine, and most approoued experience, from the publicke practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome; and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being diuided into two bookes. The first contayning all cures physicall: the second all belonging to chyrurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370, most excellent medicines, neuer written of, nor mentioned in any author whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse, and quallity of euery simple spoken of through the whole worke. /

Niall Kenny description: The other illustrations are four full-page woodcuts, which are included in pagination. Also the 2nd book has a separate title page. Collation is identical with Poynter 20.4 except an extra pagination error ('27' for 26); woodcuts at Q8r, R2r, R3r, Pp6r respectively...

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Main Author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Other Authors: Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Imprinted at London : By Nicholas Okes and are to be sold by Nicholas Fussell and Humphrey Mosley, at the signe of the Ball in Paules Church-yard, 1631.
Edition:Now the fourth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with aboue thirty new chapters, and aboue forty new medicines that are most certaine and approoued, and hertofore neuer published, which you shall finde noted thus [manicule].
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