The art of preserving and defending the foot of the horse; . deduced mathematically from the structure and function of the hoof: and observations on the different states of horses' feet, without and under various artificial defences. By John Thomas Hodgson, ...
John Thomas Hodgson
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095434
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[3],40,[2]p., 8 leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo. Author's presentation copy. Second identical copy at Ickworth.. Provenance: Author's presentation inscription on front fly-leaf: "To the Right Honorable Lord Hervey from the author" [possibly Frederick William Hervey (1800-1864), later the Earl Jermyn and 2nd Marquess of Bristol].. Binding: Nineteenth-century polished calf binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on corner of board edges; single gilt fillet on turn-ins; gold-tooled and lettered spine. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Thomas Hodgson