Farriery improv'd: or, A compleat treatise upon the art of farriery : Wherein is fully explained the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents to which he is incident, with the method of cure. Delivered in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit. The use and abuse of this science discovered; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge whether he is imposed upon or not by ignorant grooms, and other pretenders to this art. Together with many necessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses. Likewise a farther account of drugs and compound medicines used in farriery; with remarks, discovering whether genuine or adulterated, and their several prices, in alphabetical order, at the end of the work. Vol. II. By Henry Bracken, M.D. author of the notes on Burdon.

Author/creator Bracken, Henry
Format Electronic
EditionThe fifth edition, with large additions.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge, 1752.
Descriptionvolumes2 (xvi, 298, 20 unnumbered pages) ; 12⁰.
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Variant title Farriery improved
General noteHalf-title: 'Bracken's Farriery. Vol. II.'.
General noteWith an index and three final advertisement pages.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References English Short Title Catalog, N31396.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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