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. /
Niall Kenny description: This edition seems to be unrecorded but is identical to the 1790 printing. The title claims there are 10 figures but these are found on 8 leaves (these are the same plates found in the Bracken pirated edition by the same publisher; indeed the entire book is identical to the...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: This edition seems to be unrecorded but is identical to the 1790 printing. The title claims there are 10 figures but these are found on 8 leaves (these are the same plates found in the Bracken pirated edition by the same publisher; indeed the entire book is identical to the 'Bracken' book!). |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. "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." 2 of the leaves of plates contain 2 figures. Signatures: A-M⁶ |
| Physical Description: | 144 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : illustrations ; 14 cm |