Farriery improv'd: or, A compleat treatise upon the art of farriery.
Subtitle: Wherein is fully explain'd the nature, structure, and mechanism of that noble and useful creature, a horse, the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and methods of cure set down in as clear and intelligible a manner as the subject will admit of. : The use and abuse of the science discover'd; whereby any gentleman may be able to judge for himself whether or not he is imposed upon by ignorant grooms and other pretenders to this art. : Together with many neccessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses. : Likewise an account of drugs and mix'd medicines used in farriery; with some remarks upon their genuineness and adulteration and their several prices, set down alphabetically at the end of the work
By: by Henry Bracken ...
Contributors: Shuckburgh, John, d. 1761, bookseller.; Johnston, William, bookseller.; Veterinary History Collection.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Printed for J. Shuckburgh ... and W. Johnston ...
Published: 1752
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Horses -- Early works to 1800; Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800; Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Art of farriery improved.; Bracken's farriery.; Compleat treatise upon the art of farriery.
Notes: The edition statement precedes the statement of responsibility on t.p.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

Signatures: A5, B-R12, S8.

Includes indexes.

002-119880839.