The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse : with modes of management in all cases, and treatment in disease / by Richard Mason, M.D., formerly of Surry County, Virginia ; to which is added a prize essay on mules ; an appendix, containing recipes for diseases of horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, dogs, swine, etc. etc. ; with Annals of the turf, American stud-book, rules for training, racing, etc. ; with a supplement, comprising an essay on domestic animals, especially the horse ; with remarks on treatment and breeding ; together with trotting and racing tables, showing the best time on record, at one, two, three, and four mile heats ; pedigrees of winning horses, since 1839 ; and of the most celebrated stallions and mares ; with useful calving and lambing tables, &c. &c. by J.S. Skinner ...
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854.
Physical Description:
415, [1], 101, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes wood-engraved plates and wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces.