The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier: Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, the Horse; With Modes of Management in All Cases, and Treatment in Disease (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier: Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, the Horse; With Modes of Management in All Cases, and Treatment in Disease When the reader reflects that a large volume has been written on the anatomy of the horse's foot alone, he will easily conceive my confined, embarrassed, and cramped situation; having to treat of so many differ ent parts and subjects, within the scepe of two hun dred pages. In doing of this, it will be impossible for me to give ...
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Excerpt from The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier: Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, the Horse; With Modes of Management in All Cases, and Treatment in Disease When the reader reflects that a large volume has been written on the anatomy of the horse's foot alone, he will easily conceive my confined, embarrassed, and cramped situation; having to treat of so many differ ent parts and subjects, within the scepe of two hun dred pages. In doing of this, it will be impossible for me to give more than the skeleton or bare outline of the interesting heme, which I hope, at some future day, will be filled up and completed by some more fortunate genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Revised. Moderately foxed, soiled and rubbed, but a sound, good copy with spine gilt clear and bright. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6.75"-7.75" tall; New Edition entered to the act of Congress, in the year 1848, by John Grigg. Solid brown cloth hardcover with red quarter bound leather back strip and titles. Front hinge paper cracked, board tips rubbed, text lightly foxed but holding fine. The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier, Comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the Horse; Together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening; necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey; the construction and management of stables; different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse, from three to nine years. Also a concise account of the diseases to which a horse is subject; with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual. Two books in one, second entitled: Supplement to Mason and Hind's Popular System of Farriery: Compri9sing and ESsay on Domestic Animals, Especially the Horse, with Remarks on Treatment and Breeding; Together with Trotting and Racing Tables, Showing the Best Time on Record, at One, Two, Three, and Four Mile Heats; Pedigrees of Winning Horses, Since 1839; and of the Most Celebrated Stallions and Mares; with Useful Calving and Lambing Tables, etc, etc.
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Good. Eighth edition, with additions. Octavo. 419pp. Calf leather with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Pages foxed, leather dry and worn, hinges and joints cracked, some loss of the spine ends, good only. "Together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening; necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey; the construction and management of stables; different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse. Also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject, with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual. A prize essay on mules; and an appendix, containing observations and recipes for the cure of most of the common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, dogs, etc. Also, an addenda, containing annals of the turf, American Stud Book, rules for training, racing, etc."
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Good Plus. Full brown calf with contrasting (black) spine label, in gilt. Some pencilling to front endpapers, some toning and occasional foxing. Rubbing to extremities, corners slightly nudged. "Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, THE HORSE; with Modes of Management in All. Cases, and Treatment in Disease. To which is Added A PRIZE ESSAY ON MULES; AN APPENDIX, Containing Recipes for Diseases of Horses, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Dogs, Swine, Etc. Etc. with Annals of the Turf, American Stud-Book, Rules for Training, Racing, Etc. WITH A SUPPLEMENT: Comprising AN ESSAY ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE HORSE; with Remarks on Treatment and Breeding; Together. with TROTTING AND RACING TABLES Showing the Best Time on Record, At One, Two, Three, and Four Mile Heats; Pedigrees of Winning Horses, Since 1839; and of the Most Celebrated Stallions and Mares; with USEFUL CALVING AND LAMBING TABLES, &c. &c."
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Very Good. Fifth edition, with additions, the first to contain Pomeroy's Essay on Mules, and also the first to have an alphabetically arranged stud book. 8vo, original calf, red gilt stamped spine label, very good, light rubbing and wear to binding, light loss to bottom of spine, some neat strengthening to inner hinges, rear pastedown with some waterstaining and bubbling, contents very good with some foxing throughout; all five plates present, a little faintly printed, last few pages with light tide-marks from old damp-stain. 388 pp, with in-text illustrations as well. The Stud Book is from p, 314 to p. 365.
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