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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.
Subjects:	Horses > Early works to 1800. Horsemanship > Early works to 1800. Horses > Diseases > Early works to 1800. Horse Diseases. Horses. Horsemanship. Horses > Diseases.

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