Markhams maister-peece· : Contayning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses: drawne with great paine, and most approoued experience, from the publicke practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome; and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being diuided into two bookes. The first contayning all cures physicall: the sceond all belonging to chyrurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, neuer written of, nor mentioned in any author whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse, and quallity of euery simple spoken of through the whole worke. Written by Geruase Markham, Gent.
- Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
- Date:
- 1631
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About this work
Also known as
Second booke: containing all cures chyrurgicall.
Publication/Creation
Imprinted at London : By Nicholas Okes and are to be sold by Nicholas Fussell and Humphrey Mosley, at the signe of the Ball in Paules Church-yard, 1631.
Physical description
12 unnumbered pages, 587 pages, 9 unnumbered pages, folded leaf : illustrations (woodcuts).
Edition
Now the fourth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with aboue thirty new chapters, and aboue forty new medicines that are most certaine and approoued, and hertofore neuer published, which you shall finde noted thus [pointing hand].
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 17378.
Notes
The author's name appears after the edition statement on the title page.
With an additional title page, engraved, and signed: Ren: Elstrak sculpsit.
A1 has a verse explanation of the engraved title page.
"The second booke: containing all cures chyrurgicall" has separate title page dated 1630; register and pagination are continuous.
The folded leaf is a woodcut of a horse, with the sites of specific diseases and injuries numbered.
With 8 final contents pages.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1634:11) s1999 miun s