A manual for the use of coachmen, grooms, ostlers, and all persons concerned in the care and management of horses : being a selction of near three hundred receipts for the several disorders to which that noble animal is subject. Together with some general observations and an index.

Niall Kenny description: The authorship is not stated in most collections as it is generally not known that a second edition appeared in 1806 with the author given as Samuel Parkes (only 2 copies traced, one in RVC, second mine). The ESTC is not aware of the authorship. Signature error: leaf M3 inco...

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Main Author: [Parkes, Samuel]
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Sold by Lee and Hurst, Paternoster-Row; and at No. 268, Oxford-Street. Price two shillings in boards. Entered at Stationers-Hall, 1799.
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Summary:Niall Kenny description: The authorship is not stated in most collections as it is generally not known that a second edition appeared in 1806 with the author given as Samuel Parkes (only 2 copies traced, one in RVC, second mine). The ESTC is not aware of the authorship. Signature error: leaf M3 incorrectly marked as 'A2'. The author is likely to be Samuel Parkes (1761-1825) a chemist and author of "The Chemical Catechism" (1806); from Stoke-on-Trent, who moved to London in 1803.
Item Description:Includes index.
Signatures: A² B-O⁴
Physical Description:iv, 103 pages ; 17 cm