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THE POCKET FARRIER; OR, APPROVED RECEIPTS; COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS WITH THE INTENT TO CURE OR ASSIST ANY ACCIDENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN TO A HORSE TILL FURTHER HELP CAN BE HAD
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Edges Worn
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1807. Fold-out frontispiece plate, "The age of a horse by his teeth". 27 pages + 4-page index. Paper is toned, rarel light staining. 79 conditions and maladies of the horse and their remedies are listed; among them a "pissing ball" to promote urine- rosin three ounces, three ounces of salt of prunel, a sirup of marsh mellows on eounce, oil of turpentine three drachms. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase with black leather spine label. Quite an unusual manual on the care of horses, rare to have survived in this condition. . We found one for sale at auction in the past 30 years. . First Edition. Marbled-paper Wrappers. Edges Worn. 4' x 2 5/8".
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014164
- Title
- THE POCKET FARRIER; OR, APPROVED RECEIPTS; COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS WITH THE INTENT TO CURE OR ASSIST ANY ACCIDENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN TO A HORSE TILL FURTHER HELP CAN BE HAD
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges Worn
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacob Johnson
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1807
- Size
- 4' x 2 5/8"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Horses, Veterinary Medicine
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Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Plate
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- Spine Label
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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