c1880 Modern Practical Farriery; A Complete to All that Relates to the Horse. Its History, Varieties, and Uses- Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, Etc., Etc. Forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, As at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first section of this work examines the history of the horse (with an extensive exploration and comparison of horse breeds), the structure and anatomy of the horse, the practice of veterinary medicine, and a history of horse racing. This copy also contains information regarding the management of other farm animals, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, by J. I. Lupton. In a half polished calf binding with attractive marbled paper boards, endpapers and textblock. Containing copious illustrations throughout depicting attractive sporting scenes, the anatomy of the horse, and pictorial representations of the process of shoeing the animal, engraved from original drawings by Benjamin Herring. Collated, incomplete with: Twelve plates to the main text (three of which are coloured), lacking plates of 'The Roadster (Surefoot)', 'The Trotting Cob (Silvertail) and 'Portrait of Thormanby (Racer)'. With three additional plates: 'The Stable and Stable Fittings' facing page 124, a coloured plate of 'Sir Bevys' facing page 511, and a coloured plate of 'Isonomy' facing page 516. Twenty coloured plates to the 'Atlas of Anatomical Plates', four of which are coloured. Collated complete but bound out of order. Five coloured plates to the 'Essay on Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs', collated complete. This copy is undated, dated using Copac.