The gentleman's stable directory ; or, Modern system of farriery. : Comprehending the present entire improved mode of practice: containing all the most valuable prescriptions and approved remedies, accurately proportioned and properly adapted to every known disease to which the horse is incident. Interspersed with occasional remarks upon the dangerous and almost obsolete practice of Gibson, Bracken, and others. Including directions for feeding, bleeding, purging, and getting into condition for the chase. Inscribed to Sir John Lade, Bart. /
Niall Kenny description: The early editions of Taplin are scarce; seems identical to 1st edition but with a cancel title page and p225/6 reset (removing pagination error); all editions after this were expanded to 448 pages; dedication signed "Wokingham, Nov. 1, 1787". Pagination error in B...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, no. 46, in Fleet Street,
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
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| Edition: | The third edition, corrected. |
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: The early editions of Taplin are scarce; seems identical to 1st edition but with a cancel title page and p225/6 reset (removing pagination error); all editions after this were expanded to 448 pages; dedication signed "Wokingham, Nov. 1, 1787". Pagination error in BL copy: p 245 as '2 4', p 298 as '982'. BL copy lacks advert leaf and is bound up with the first, 1790, edition of "Practical observations upon thorn wounds...". |
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| Item Description: | "[Price five shillings in boards, or six shillings bound.]" - title page, below date. "Entered at Stationers Hall." - at foot of title page. Includes index (first 8 unnumbered pages at end). Publisher's advertisement final 4 unnumbered pages. Signatures: A-2A⁸ |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 356 pages, 12 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm |