Markhams maister-peece : Contayning all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses: drawne with great paine, and most approved experience, from the publicke practise of all the forraine horse-marshals in Christendome; and from the private practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being divided into two bookes. The first contayning all cures physicall: the second all belonging to chyrurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, never written of, nor mentioned in any author whatsoever. Together with the true nature, use, and quality of every simple spoken of through the whole worke / Written by Gervase Markham, Gent.
Edition:
Now the fifth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and above forty new medicines that are most certaine and approved; and heretofore never published, which you shall find noted thus [fist]
Published / Created:
Imprinted at London : By Nicholas and Iohn Okes, dwelling in the Well yard in little St. Bartholomews neere the Hospitall Gate, 1636.
Physical Description:
[16], 588, 599-601, [15] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The Maister-peece is an expanded version of the veterinary book [VII] of the author's Cavelarice; or, The English horseman, first published in 1607. It is based almost entirely on Thomas Blundeville's The fower chiefyst offices belongyng to horsemanshippe (1st ed., 1565-66) Cf. Sir Frederick Smith, The early history of veterinary literature, London, 1919-33, v. 1, p. 262.
Subject Terms:
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800. | Horseshoeing -- Early works to 1800. | Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Kenworthy, James W. -- Autograph, April 11th 1874. | Harwood, John Shadwell -- Autograph, February 17th 1805. | Bagg, John -- Autograph.