The gentleman's experienced farrier : containing the methods of diet, exercise, bleeding, purging, &c. of horses, and the anatomical parts described : also the disorders incident to horses, and their respective cures : together with an infallible cure for the staggers, and all other fevers whatsoever : being the result of above fifty years experience, in an extensive practice /

Niall Kenny description: Very rare, BL copy not listed on COPAC; the plate is identical to the frontispiece from John Reeves' "The art of farriery..." of 1758; the publisher's adverts make mention of a unrecorded animal husbandry title, "The farmer and grazier's compani...

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Main Author: Foster, William, active 1786
Format: Book
Language:English
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Summary:Niall Kenny description: Very rare, BL copy not listed on COPAC; the plate is identical to the frontispiece from John Reeves' "The art of farriery..." of 1758; the publisher's adverts make mention of a unrecorded animal husbandry title, "The farmer and grazier's companion: or, a treatise on the preparation and cultivation of land." by "a Shropshire farmer"; the BL copy has the dedication misbound hence their odd collation. Preface signed "Wm. Foster. High-Street, Shrewsbury, Nov. 29, 1785".
Item Description:Signatures: pi⁴ A² B-3B⁴ (-3B3, 3B4)
Half-title page.
Publisher's advertisements on last leaf.
Description based on copy 1.
Physical Description:4 unnumbered pages, 378 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm