A practical treatise on the parturition of the cow, or, the extraction of the calf : and also on the diseases of neat cattle in general, with the most approved methods of treatment, and the best forms of prescription adapted to veterinary practice, to which is added, an account of the diseases of the bullock, bull, and calf. Illustrated with engravings /
Niall Kenny description: This first edition is very rare. This edition was produced with hand-coloured sepia-printed, or plain, plates. In later editions the plates were not printed in sepia. Unlike later editions the plates were not folded. Plate 3 incorrectly marked plate 4 (this also seems to be...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: This first edition is very rare. This edition was produced with hand-coloured sepia-printed, or plain, plates. In later editions the plates were not printed in sepia. Unlike later editions the plates were not folded. Plate 3 incorrectly marked plate 4 (this also seems to be present in all later editions). All signatures only signed on first leaf (except Ee, Ff, Gg and Hh, where first 2 leaves, and Ss where not signed). Not in Dingley, BL, RVC. The Michigan copy is incorrectly catalogued as dated 1807, as the title implies a later date. Printer's imprint: "Stereotyped and printed by A. Wilson, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields." Plates dated: 1: "June 2d 1806", 2: August 5th 1806, 3: September 3rd 1805, 4: March 3d 1806, 5: Octr 3 1805, 6: May 3d 1806, 7: Novr 3d 1806, 8: April 4th 1806, 9: July 6th 1806, 10: May 1st 1807, 11: January 1st 1806, 12: Decr 1st 1805, 13: Feby 1st 1806. Plates 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 drawn by Mogdridge; Kirtland drew plates 4, 9, 10 (engraved also), 12, 13 |
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| Item Description: | Half title page. Signatures: pi² [A]-2Z⁴ 3A² Leaves are sepia-printed and hand-colored; not folded as in later editions. Plate 3 mis-labeled as plate 4. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 1 unnumbered page, 364 pages, 13 unnumbered color leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm |