Markhams maister-peece : containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses: drawne with great paine, and most approved experience, from the publick practise of all the forraigne horse-marshals in Christendome; and from the private practise of all the best farriers of this land. Being divided into two bookes. The first containing all cures physicall: the second, all belonging to chirurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, never written of, nor mentioned in any authour whatsoever. Together with the true nature, use, and quality of every 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 20.8 except one of the pagination errors ('57' for 577) is not present here (different issue?); t...
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London :
Imprinted at London by W. Wilson, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgatehill,
1656.
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| Edition: | Now the eighth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and above forty new medicines that are most certaine and approved; and heretofore never published, which you shall finde noted thus [manicule]. All which never was made knowne, but concealed in the authours brest for his owne credit. |
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| Summary: | 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 20.8 except one of the pagination errors ('57' for 577) is not present here (different issue?); this is the same in the NLW and W copies, so possibly Poynter is incorrect; generally good condition, close trimmed, though some foxing and occasional repairs; no loss of text; rebound in contemporary style full calf; has 4 full page wood cuts and 1 folding plate (at Q8r, R2r, R3r, Pp8r and Q6-7 respectively). |
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| Item Description: | Signatures: A-2P⁸ 2Q⁴ 2R⁸ (signature 2R8 blank). Misnumbering: 10 for 20, 76 for 79, 237 for 273, 285 for 275, 379 for 375, 375 for 379, 382 for 389, 369 for 399, 303 for 403, 451 for 415, 560 for 469, 474-475 for 470-471, 572-573 for 472-473, 478-479 for 474-475, 576 for 476, 408 for 508, 412 for 512, 558-559 for 538-539, 546 for 549, 556 for 559, 560 for 561, Page 239 is illustration of veins, page 243 skeleton, page 245 skeleton, and page 591 farriery instruments. Engraved head- and tail-pieces, initials at beginning and end of the two books. Manicules. Frontispiece is engraved added title page. Folding plate of engraving of left-facing horse, with lines connecting the part of the horse to the diseases with page numbers that form a border. 34 x 27 cm. Intact except for upper left corner, modern mending. |
| Physical Description: | 16 unnumbered pages, 591, 21 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded plate : illustrations ; 19 cm |