Markhams maister-peece : contayning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses : drawne with great paine, and most approved experience, from the publick practise of all the forraigne horse-marshals in Christendome ; and from the private practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome ; being divided into two bookes ; the first contayning all cures physicall : the second all belonging to chyrurgery ; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, never written of, nor mentioned in any author whatsoever ; together with the true nature, vse, and quality of every simple spoken of through the whole worke /

Niall Kenny description: The other illustrations are four full-page woodcuts, which are included in pagination. Also the 2nd book has a separate title page. Collates as Poynter 20.6, (i.e. the engraved title page has a date of 1644), except some pagination differences: i.e. p 93 is correctly paginat...

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Main Author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Other Authors: Okes, John, active 1627-1644 (Printer), Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630 (Engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Now the sixt time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and above forty new mcdicines [as printed] that are most certaine and approved ; and heretofore never published, which you shall finde noted thus [pointing hand] ; all which never was before made knowne, but concealed in the authors breast for his owne credit.
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Call Number: SF 285 M341m 1643
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