Markhams maister-peece·
Subtitle: Contayning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses: drawne with great paine, and most approoued experience, from the publicke practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome; and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being diuided into two bookes. The first contayning all cures physicall: the sceond all belonging to chyrurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, neuer written of, nor mentioned in any author whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse, and quallity of euery simple spoken of through the whole worke. Written by Geruase Markham, Gent.
Contributors: Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630 engraver.
Edition: Now the fourth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with aboue thirty new chapters, and aboue forty new medicines that are most certaine and approoued, and hertofore neuer published, which you shall finde noted thus [pointing hand].
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1634:11.
Publisher: By Nicholas Okes and are to be sold by Nicholas Fussell and Humphrey Mosley, at the signe of the Ball in Paules Church-yard
Published: 1631
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.; Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Second booke: containing all cures chyrurgicall.
Notes: The author's name appears after the edition statement on the title page.

With an additional title page, engraved, and signed: Ren: Elstrak sculpsit.

A1 has a verse explanation of the engraved title page.

"The second booke: containing all cures chyrurgicall" has separate title page dated 1630; register and pagination are continuous.

The folded leaf is a woodcut of a horse, with the sites of specific diseases and injuries numbered.

With 8 final contents pages.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

STC (2nd ed.) 17378.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1634:11).