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Title(s):
The domestic animals friend, or, The Complete Virginia and Maryland farrier : being a copious selection from the best treaties on farriery now extant in the United States : to which is added a number of receipts, know to be efficacious in the cure of many complaints incident to the domestic quadrupeds of America, that have never yet appeared in print.
Additional Title(s):
Complete Virginia and Maryland farrier
Published/Created:
Winchester, Va. : Printed and published by J. Foster. 1818.
Physical Description:
[2], ix, [1], 11-436 pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF746 .D66 1818 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF746 .D66 1818 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Introductry remarks" refer to the publisher and compiler as to one person.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 44062 (under Foster)
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 107
Pages [v]-ix: "Extract from Clark's introduction to his Treatise on the prevention of diseases incidental to horses."
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary dark brown quarter cloth and marbled boards.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary dark brown calf.
Subject Terms:
Domestic animals.
Horses -- Diseases.
Veterinary medicine.
Veterinary therapeutics.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts -- 1818.
Contributors:
Foster, Jonathan, 1766–1829, publisher, compiler.
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  • Advice to the purchasers of horses
  • Directions and receipts for the cure of most distempers in oxen, cows and calves
  • Observations and receipts for the cure and prevention of most distempers incident to sheep and lambs
  • Receipts and directions for the cure of most distempers in hogs
  • Receipts and directions to cure distempers in dogs.

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