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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Also known as
Gentleman's travelling companion
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep ..., 1809.
Physical description
vi, 14 unnumbered pages, 248 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 18 cm
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References note
Shaw & Shoemaker 17266
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 508
Notes
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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This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)