or, a Compendium of Farriery.

(Farriery.) TAPLIN IMPROVED;

or, a Compendium of Farriery.

Wherein is fully explained the nature and structure of that useful creature, a horse; with the diseases and accidents he is liable to; and the methods of cure. Exemplified by ten Elegant Cuts, Each the Full figure of a Horse. Describing all the various Parts of that Noble Animal. Likewise rules for Breeding and Training of Colts: Practical Receipts for the Cure of Common Distempers incident to Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Lambs, Hogs, &c. By an Experienced Farrier

Description: with 8 folding plates, 1 as frontispiece, 2 containing 2 images, all more or less damaged at the folds, only one with any real loss (of a horse's right hind leg), some old fairly crude repairs (one using a fragment strip from the side of a sheet of Penny Reds, c. 1857), but withal an unsophisticated copy which is internally clear; pp. iv, [5-] 144, 12mo; untrimmed in original paper-backed boards, paper lost at the foot of the spine, loss of surface to covers, top of rear fly-leaf torn away;

Publication Details: London: Printed by H. Harrison, for N. Frobisher, in the Pavement, York. 1792.

Notes: A scarce little book about the care of horses and other quadrupeds, with attractive line-engraved illustrations. The title is a canny reference - doubtless intended to boost sales - to William Taplin, author of the hugely successful Gentleman's Stable Directory (first published 1788). Whilst the author may have read Taplin, this work is unique in its emphasis of maladies and cures. It provides a compendium of ailments and their remedies, by which we learn various tricks such as how to make 'horse ointment', how 'to cure the mad staggers', and how to manage a horse 'that is feeble and faint'. T...more

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Price: £625

Subject: Sciences

Published Date: 1792.

Stock Number: 64725

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