Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bracken, Henry, 1697-1764
Title:
Farriery improved, or, A complete treatise on the art of farriery : wherein are fully explained, the nature and structure of that useful creature, a horse : with the diseases and accidents he is liable to : and the methods of cure : exemplified by ten elegant cuts, each the full figure of a horse, describing all the various parts of that noble animal : likewise, rules for breeding and training of colts, practical receipts for the cure of common distempers incident to oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, &c. : to which is prefixed, ten minutes' advice to the purchasers of horses / by Henry Bracken, M.D.
Alternate Title(s):
Farriery improved
Edition:
Second American edition.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street, by Stephen C. Ustick, Jan. 11, 1798.
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-144 pages, [10] leaves of plates (8 folded) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes index.
Subject Terms:
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Early works to 1800. | Livestock -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1798.
Contributors:
Carey, Mathew, 1760–1839, publisher. | Ustick, Stephen Clegg, 1773–1837, printer.