Farriery improved, or, a complete treatise on the art of farriery : wherein are 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. : to which is prefixed, Ten minutes advice to the purchasers of horses /

John Clewlow description: The various editions of "Farriery improved ..." published under the name of Henry Bracken by Frobisher were eventually plagiarised and appeared well after Bracken's death in 1764. The 'ten elegant cuts, each the full figure of a horse' announced on...

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