Description
The Pocket Farrier; or Gentleman’s Guide in the Management of Horses Under Various Diseases. With an explanation of the Symptoms attending the different Disorders, and the shortest, plainest, and most humane methods of curing them. Directions for Judging of the Horse’s Age, and Useful Observations on the Breeding, Raising and Training of Colts. Hinges to Purchasers, and general directions for using a Horse on a journey, with useful rules for riding with safety, gracefulness & c. And directions to perform the necessary Surgical Operations. Receipt for Gelding, on a new and improved plan: and for securing horses from the dangers arising from Bots, Truncheons & c., To Which is Added, The Horse’s Skeleton, Taken from that of the Academy of Science at Paris, James Ware, T.W. White Printer, 1828, 192 pp, frontispiece of horse’s skeleton, half leather, 7 x 4.25”, 12mo. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities particularly at corners and end bands. Corners quite rubbed with boards exposed. Creasing down center of spine with scuffing and light dryness. Marbled boards are soiled and darkened. A few old hand notations on front pastedown. “This Book is the Property of Henry Givners (?) Bought of S. Lily in Newport 1842” in manuscript ink on flyleaf. His signature is on the contents page. Interior toned and soiled. Dampness staining to top edge of leaves. Foxing throughout, moderate at times. Free of known markings. Leaves are bit creased and rounded. Binding remains tight and intact. Please see photos. First Edition. Scarce. A very rare work with fewer than 20 copies found on OCLC. With practical directions for purchasing, breeding, riding, operating and diagnosing various maladies; from the insidious “Hungry Evil” to the cyclical “Moon Eyes”. RAREA1828DTVN
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