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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