THE CITIZEN AND COUNTRYMAN'S EXPERIENCED FARRIER. CONTAINING, I. THE MOST BEST APPROVED METHOD OF ORDERING, DIETING, EXERCISING, PURGING, SCOURING, AND CLEANSING OF HORSES.TO ALL WHICH IS ADDED, A VALUABLE AND FINE COLLECTION OF THE SUREST AND BEST RECEIPTS IN THE KNOWN WORLD FOR THE CURE OF ALL MALADIES AND DISTEMPERS.BY J. MARKHAM, G. JEFFERIES, AND DISCREET INDIANS
Markham, Gervase, [et al]
Published by Samuel Sower, Baltimore, 1797
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317pp. Contemporary tree calf. Moderate edge wear and rubbing. Minor spotting and toning. Very good. Second American edition of the first American work on horses to be composed, at least in part, from American experience. Although British agricultural writer Gervase Markham's work served as a basis for this compilation, it was only the starting point. A letter from American editor John Millis to printer James Adams survives, in which Millis describes how he combined "many things of his own experience" as well as lore collected from other farriers, presumably including the "discreet Indians." "The author concerns himself with the running horse and the hunter as well as with the ordinary horse of daily usefulness" - THE COLONIAL SCENE. This popular handbook was published in at least six editions by 1840. A rare and interesting work. EVANS 32419. AUSTIN 1192. HENDERSON, p.169. Seller Inventory # WRCAM51248
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Title: THE CITIZEN AND COUNTRYMAN'S EXPERIENCED ...
Publisher: Samuel Sower, Baltimore
Publication Date: 1797
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