The complete farrier, or horse-doctor; : being the art of farriery made plain & easy; explaining the nature of the disorders to which a horse is subject, and the best methods of preventing, or curing them. With an introduction, containing the best directions for chusing horses of all kinds; also instructions how to ride, and how to treat a horse on a journey. With a collection of the best recipes, from practice alone! The whole written in so plain and intelligible a manner, that by attending to it, those who have horses may manage them, and cure the disorders to which they are subject, without the assistance of a farrier. To which is added a catalogue of drugs /
Niall Kenny description: Very rare, especially with the frontispiece plate, indeed most library copies of this 1st edition seem to lack this. This was identical to that in subsequent editions, although a more elaborate one was produced for very late editions. Introduction signed “Otley, 1819.” The t...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Very rare, especially with the frontispiece plate, indeed most library copies of this 1st edition seem to lack this. This was identical to that in subsequent editions, although a more elaborate one was produced for very late editions. Introduction signed “Otley, 1819.” The text and frontispiece plate have clearly been copied from Thompson's “Complete Horse doctor”, originally published 1760. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Signatures: A-⁴Q Index indicates "A short catalogue of drugs for common use" begins on page 128 which is the first unnumbered page following page 127. |
| Physical Description: | 127 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : frontispiece ; 22 cm |