The complete horse-doctor; or, farrriery made plain and easy. : Explaining the best methods of curing the several diseases to which horses are subject: together with that which has for some time raged among these useful creatures, and a succinct account of all the various symptoms of their approaching disorders. Also the best manner of taking proper care of them, during the time of their illness. The whole laid down in the most plain and intelligible manner, that all those who have horses may manage their own, and cure the distempers to which they are subject, without the assistance of a farrier. With an introduction containing the best and most certain methods of chusing horses of all kinds. The whole being the result of 37 years practice and experience /
Niall Kenny description: Unrecorded edition, but likely to be the 1st. The 1st Dublin edition 1763; reprinted in America in 1793 (by J. Thomson; sic.) and 1807. Pagination error: 45 as '54'. This book was plagiarised by Knowlson in 1820 for his book, “The complete farrier”, even down to co...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Unrecorded edition, but likely to be the 1st. The 1st Dublin edition 1763; reprinted in America in 1793 (by J. Thomson; sic.) and 1807. Pagination error: 45 as '54'. This book was plagiarised by Knowlson in 1820 for his book, “The complete farrier”, even down to copying the frontispiece. |
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| Item Description: | "Price one shilling" in square brackets below imprint. "The name and situation of the external parts of a horse" -- frontispiece title. Misnumbering: 54 for 45. Signatures: pi⁴ B-K⁶ L² (-pi4) |
| Physical Description: | 1 preliminary leaf, iv, 112 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 16 cm |