Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Date: 1684 / Subject Terms: Horses -- Early works to 1800. - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

<< YCBA Home << YCBA Home

Start Over

You searched for:

Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Date 1684

Subject Terms Horses -- Early works to 1800.

1. The experienced jocky, Compleat horseman; or Gentlemans delight : containing plain and easie directions in breeding, feeding, keeping and managing horses for all occasions, as war, raccing [sic], hunting, travel, &c. Directions for the buyer to prevent cheats: rules whereby to know the state of horses bodies, together with approved remedies, or unquestionable cures, for all internal and external distempers and grievances incident to them. Also the nature of simples, manner of making unguents, salves, poltisses, drenches, cordials, and whatever is requisite in physical, or chirurgical operation. Likewise, the art of shooing, bloodletting, roweling, the artifices, devices and cheats of the jockies, &c. To which are added, plain and easie directions for the breeding, feeding, managing and curing distempers in bulls, cows, calves, oxen, sheep and swine; useful and necessary for all persons who expect pleasure or profit by any of the forementioned animals. The like before not extant.

No cover image available

Date:: 1684
Physical Description:: [24], 333, [3] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts