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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.
Bracken, Henry, 1697-1764.Date: 1752- E-books
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Farriery improved or, a compleat treatise upon the art of farriery. Wherein is fully explain'd The Nature, Structure, and Mechanism of that Noble and Useful Creature, A Horse; The Diseases and Accidents he is liable to, and Methods of Cure. Set down in as clear and intelligible a Manner as the Subject will admit of. The Use and Abuse of the Science discover'd; whereby any Gentleman may be able to judge for himself, whether or no he is imposed upon 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 An Account of Drugs and Mix'd Medicines used in Farriery; with some Remarks upon their Genuineness and Adulteration; and their several Prices, set down alphabetically at the End of the Work. By Henry Bracken, M. D. Author of the Notes on Burdon.
Bracken, Henry, 1697-1764.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- E-books
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A practical treatise on farriery deduced from the experience of above forty years, in the services, of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. the present Earl Grosvenor, and, the present Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. By William Griffiths, groom, at Wynnstay.
Griffiths, William, groom.Date: [1784]- E-books
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The compleat horseman or, perfect farrier. In two parts. Part I. Discovering the surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodness, Faults, and Imperfections of Horses; the best Method of Breeding and Backing of Colt's, making their Mouths; Buying, Dieting, and otherwise ordering of Horses. The Art of Shoeing, with the several sorts of Shoes, adapted to the various defects of Bad Feet, and the preservation of Good. The Art of Riding and managing the Great Horse, &c. Part II. Contains the Signs and Causes of their Diseases, with the true Method of Curing them. Written in French by the Sieur de Solleysell, Querry to the present King of France, and one of the Royal Accademy of Paris. Abridged from the folio done into English by Sir William Hope. With the addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers: And Directions to the Buyers and Sellers of Horses. Illustrated with several Copper-Plates.
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.Date: 1702- E-journals
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A treatise on the diseases and lameness of horses . In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the different kinds of feet. To which are added, some new observations in the art of farriery, and on the nature and difference of horses. Shewing on what principles their perfection depends, and by what methods their breed may be greatly improved and amended. By W. Osmer.
Osmer, William.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]