Badcock, John, active 1816-1830, The grooms' oracle, and pocket stable directory , 1831
- Title(s):
- The grooms' oracle, and pocket stable directory : in which the management of horses generally as to health, dieting, and exercise are considered, in a series of familiar dialogues between two grooms engaged in training horses to their work / by John Hinds, V.S. ... ; from the second London edition, with notes and an appendix, including extracts from the receipt book of the author.
- Published/Created:
- Philadelphia : E.L. Carey and A. Hart : sold by J. Grigg, Philadelphia ; G. & C. & H. Cavill and Collins & Hannay, New York : Carter, Hendee & Babcock, Boston : W. & J. Neal, Baltimore : and Thompson & Homans, Washington, 1831.
- Physical Description:
- xii, [1], 13-228, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSF285.3 .B33 1831Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9759239
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Frontispiece illustration by Samuel Alken.
"John Hinds" is a pseudonym of John Badcock.
Error in paging: p. 130 misnumbered 13.
Checklist of American imprints, 5851
Publisher's advertisement, pages [229-230].
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary brown calf, rebacked. Bookplate: John Stuart Groves. Ink stamps: Edwd. Bayard; Marshall G. Hill, Afton, N.Y.
Includes index. - Subject Terms:
- Bayard, Edward -- Stamp.Groves, John Stuart -- Bookplate.Hall, Marshall G. -- Stamp.Horses -- Diseases.Horses -- Training.Horses.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1831.
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