The complete farrier, or, Gentleman's travelling companion : comprising a general description of the perfections and imperfections of that noble animal the horse : with a concise account of his diseases, their symptoms and remedies and advice with respect to purchase, age, action, condition ... / compiled from the best authorities, particularly adapted to this country, and interspersed with much original matter, the result of the observation of a gentleman of known experience in the United States.

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1809
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The complete farrier, or, Gentleman's travelling companion : comprising a general description of the perfections and imperfections of that noble animal the horse : with a concise account of his diseases, their symptoms and remedies and advice with respect to purchase, age, action, condition ... / compiled from the best authorities, particularly adapted to this country, and interspersed with much original matter, the result of the observation of a gentleman of known experience in the United States. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Gentleman's travelling companion

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Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep ..., 1809.

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vi, 14 unnumbered pages, 248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 18 cm

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Shaw & Shoemaker 17266
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 508

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Signatures: pi⁴ A-Y⁶ (sigs. pi4 and Y5,6 blanks)
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NLM copy: imperfect: both plates damaged: folded plate (illustration of horse skeleton) partially torn away, affecting image; folded frontispiece (illustration of two horses) cropped, with loss of "Race Horse Royalist".

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