The compleat horseman : or, perfect farrier : in two parts : part I. discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults, and imperfections of horses ; the best method of breeding and backing of colts, making their mouths, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering of horses ; the art of shoeing, with the several sorts of shoes, adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good : the art of riding and managing the great horse, &c. : part II. contains the signs and causes of their diseases, with the true method of curing them /
Niall Kenny description: Separate title page to the "A Compendious Treatise on the Art of Riding..."; pagination is continuous; plates should be bound as follows: frontispiece, plate 1 at p. 1, plate 5 at p. 6, plate 4 at p. 14, plate 3 at p.16, un-numbered plate at p. 135, plate 6 at p. 2...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The third edition corrected. |
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Separate title page to the "A Compendious Treatise on the Art of Riding..."; pagination is continuous; plates should be bound as follows: frontispiece, plate 1 at p. 1, plate 5 at p. 6, plate 4 at p. 14, plate 3 at p.16, un-numbered plate at p. 135, plate 6 at p. 272; each plate (except plate 1 and frontispiece) has the text page it should be bound beside printed on it. Edinburgh copy is missing all plates but one. Collation is identical to 4th edition (ESTC T122689), but the gatherings are designated differently so clearly is truly a different printing. |
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| Item Description: | Separate title page for: A compendious treatise of the art of riding : collected from the best modern writers on this subject (London, 1717); paged continuously (starts with page 183). Includes index. Signatures: A-P⁸ Aa-Kk⁸ Ll⁴. |
| Physical Description: | 16 unnumbered pages, 376, 16 unnumbered pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm |