Taplin improved, or, a compendium of farriery : wherein is fully explained the nature and structure of that useful creature, a horse, with the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and the methods of cure : exemplified by ten elegant cuts, each the full figure of a horse describing all the various parts of that noble animal. Likewise rules for breeding and training of colts: practical receipts for the cure of common distempers incident to oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, &c. To which is prefixed Ten minutes advice to the purchasers of horses /
Niall Kenny description: The title page states 10 plates present but 9 and 10 are on the same leaf; page 60 misnumbered '90'. The text of these 'Lane' printings is completely identical to the earlier Harrison and Frobisher editions
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: The title page states 10 plates present but 9 and 10 are on the same leaf; page 60 misnumbered '90'. The text of these 'Lane' printings is completely identical to the earlier Harrison and Frobisher editions |
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| Item Description: | "The work...had nothing whatever to do with Taplin; his name was introduced in order to help the sale.--Smith, The early history of veterinary literature, volume 2, page 173." "Lane's edition".--Frontispiece. Binder's title: Pocket farriery. Plates have numbers, but they do not indicate number of plates; frontispiece is unnumbered, and one leaf contains plates 9 and 10. Signatures: A-F¹² Misnumbering: 90 for 60. |
| Physical Description: | 144 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm |