A Practical Treatise, on Farriery; Deduced from the Experience of above Fifty Years, in the Services, of The Grandfather and Father, of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. The Second Edition, With Additions.

Griffiths, William. Late Groom, at Wynnstay.

Published by Wrexham: Printed by J. Marsh At The Druid Press. Entered at Stationers Hall. 1795.

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Second Edition, with Additions, 4to. (254x200mm), pp: iv,iii,[1]-184,14, uncoloured aquatint frontispiece, vignette title page, engraved portrait of the author, Dedication to the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor, And, to Sir Williams Wynn, Bart, with an Appendix & Index of an alphabetical list of the Receipts and a 4pp List of Subscribers including Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart, Wynnstay; John Mytton, Esq. Halston; and an Ostler and Flaxdresser, Philip & Simon Yorke of Erthig et al, owner in ink to the verso of the frontispiece 'Thomas Maurice Jones/Hargrave/January 1870, Hargrave and Wynnstay are approximately 20 miles apart with Wrexham on the route. Bound in full contemporary polished calf, spine with red leather label with blindstamped title, worn, rubbed & corners bumped, hinges splitting, however sound & tight with prelims litthe grubby, otherwise very good. WITH, inserted, Almanack manuscript written in ink for 1847, (anonymous), 12mo. (159x99mm), Calendar printed to inside wraps for 1847 (date has been erased) 16pp legible manuscript text of Receipts for various horse ailments commencing with 'For a Constitution Ball.-This is a Good Cough Ball', and continuing with 'A Drink for the Gripes or Windy Colic.' et al, dated at end February the 12th 1847, stitched into marbled paper wraps, worn & marked however contents very legible & very good. Seller Inventory # 1257

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Title: A Practical Treatise, on Farriery; Deduced ...

Publisher: Wrexham: Printed by J. Marsh At The Druid Press. Entered at Stationers Hall. 1795.

Binding: Soft cover