The perfect horse-man. Or The experienced secrets of Mr. Markhams fifty years practise. : Shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman, by the knowledge of these seven offices: viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farryer. /

Niall Kenny description: This seems to be a slight variant of Poynter 29.3, with a few less errors in the running titles. Very scarce. Pagination errors: pages 51, 55, 110 and 169 given as '56', '45', '011', and '166' respectively. As in other editions the eng...

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Main Author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Other Authors: Thetford, Lancelot (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Arms in Pauls Church-yard, 1660.
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Summary:Niall Kenny description: This seems to be a slight variant of Poynter 29.3, with a few less errors in the running titles. Very scarce. Pagination errors: pages 51, 55, 110 and 169 given as '56', '45', '011', and '166' respectively. As in other editions the engraved title page is on A1v. A variant printing of 1660 is known (copy in UCLA, ESTC R236862)
Item Description:Woodcut frontispiece is added title page.
Misnumbering: 56 for 51, 45 for 55, 011 for 110, 116 for 169.
Signatures: A-M⁸ a-b⁸
Second set of gatherings (a-b⁸) contain catalog of books printed for Humphrey Moseley.
Part of title printed in two columns separated by brackets; breeder through ambler in first column, rider through buyer in second column.
Physical Description:14 unnumbered pages, 175 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : frontispiece ; 15 cm