The complete farrier, and British sportsman: containing a systematic enquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse, the causes, symptoms, and most-approved methods of prevention and cure for every disease to which he is liable: a detection and exposure of the erroneous and bad methods of treament generally adopted; with numerous approved and original recipes for various diseases. The whole rendered easy and familiar, with a view to general utility, and founded on the latest discoveries and experimental facts, to which the progress of improvement for the last twenty years in the veterinary art has led. Including a faithful delineation of the various dogs used in the sports of the field, with canine pathology. Interspersed with sporting anecdotes, and an account of the most celebrated horses, dogs, &c. &c. &c. Equally important and interesting to the British sportsman: as well as inn-keepers, coach-masters, farmers, owners of stage-waggons, &c. Embellished with a series of engravings, executed in the first style of the art, from original drawings in the possession of noblemen and gentlemen of the turf, and copied, by permission, exclusively for this work. By Richard Lawrence, veterinary surgeon; and author of "An enquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse;" ...
Richard Lawrence (1801-1816)
Category
Books
Date
1816 - 1817
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3088804.6
Summary
Bibliographic description
pt. 6, plate : ill. ; 4to. Numbered in ms. on upper cover: 6. Provenance: no ownership marks. Binding: publisher's printed paper wrappers, as issued
Makers and roles
Richard Lawrence (1801-1816)