The practical farrier, or, full instructions for country gentlemen, farmers, graziers, farriers, carriers, sportsmen, &c. : containing rules for breeding and training up of colts; a very curious collection of well experienced observations; and upwards of two hundred practical receipts, for the cure of all common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, and dogs. Digested under their proper heads; many of which have been practiced for many years with great success, and the rest taken from the latest and most approved authors, noblemen, and gentlemen, &c., viz. Capt. Burdon, Dr. Bracken, Lord Orrery, General Seymour, Sir John Packington, Portman Seymour, Esq; Mr. Solleysel, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Snape, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Mascall, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Tyson, &c. /
Niall Kenny description: Not in ESTC. The pagination is similar to 3rd edition but the first text pages up to p 8 have been re-set and expanded, thereafter the text is identical in every way to 3rd edition. Signature errors: π2, A1 & A2 marked as 'A3'. This book is a plagiarised versio...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed and sold by T. Longman, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Astley, at the Rose, over-against the North Door of St. Paul's,
1737.
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| Edition: | The fourth edition. |
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Not in ESTC. The pagination is similar to 3rd edition but the first text pages up to p 8 have been re-set and expanded, thereafter the text is identical in every way to 3rd edition. Signature errors: π2, A1 & A2 marked as 'A3'. This book is a plagiarised version of Burdon's "Gentleman's pocket-farrier" and oddly is often found bound with it. This version is a variant on ESTC T209576. |
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| Item Description: | Bound with: The gentleman's pocket-farrier (1737). From "Horses" to "and dogs." and from "Capt. Burdon" to "Mr. Tyson, &c." title text is in two columns divided by double brackets. Publisher advertisements final 3 unnumbered pages. Signatures: A-K⁶ |
| Physical Description: | 112 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm |