Veterinary art : a practical treatise on the diseases of the horse /
Niall Kenny description: The plates seem to be copied from Stubbs' "Anatomy...". It seems uncommon, as not in RVC or RCVS. Preface signed: "London, July 1851." Second set of publisher's adverts dated: "Sept., 1851." This publication first appeared in 1845 in E...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London : Glasgow :
published by John Joseph Griffin & Col, 53, Baker Street, Portman Square ; Richard Griffin & Co.,
1851.
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| Edition: | Second edition. / |
| Series: | Encyclopædia metropolitana, or, System of universal knowledge. Applied sciences.
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: The plates seem to be copied from Stubbs' "Anatomy...". It seems uncommon, as not in RVC or RCVS. Preface signed: "London, July 1851." Second set of publisher's adverts dated: "Sept., 1851." This publication first appeared in 1845 in Encyclopædia Metropolitana's Second Division (Applied Sciences), thus this is the first separate book form of the item. Even so the embossed boards make it clear that this is No. 17 of the Encyclopædia Metropolitana's First Division of Pure Science. Printer's imprint: "Wilson and Ogilvy, 57, Skinner Street, Snowhill, London." |
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| Item Description: | Half title. Imprint is from series title page. "Description of the plates" -- 4 unnumbered pages. Publisher's advertisements final 8 pages. New to the 1851 edition are " ... some illustrative wood-cuts, a few foot-notes explanatory of the cuts, and an index, for all of which the Editor is responsible"--Page [v]. |
| Physical Description: | x, 107 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 8 pages, iv folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. |