Hardcover
1847 · Philadelphia
by MASON, Richard
Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliot & Co, 1847. Hardcover. Good. Eighth edition, with additions. Octavo. 419pp. Calf leather with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Pages foxed, leather dry and worn, hinges and joints cracked, some loss of the spine ends, good only. "Together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening; necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey; the construction and management of stables; different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse. Also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject, with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual. A prize essay on mules; and an appendix, containing observations and recipes for the cure of most of the common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, dogs, etc. Also, an addenda, containing annals of the turf, American Stud Book, rules for training, racing, etc.
(Inventory #: 432246)