The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings.
- Lawson, A., active 1820-1827
- Date:
- 1823
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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