Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808-1861?
Title:
The gentleman's new pocket companion : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue or on a journey : the construction and management of stables : different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse, from three to nine years old : with a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is most subject, with such remedies as long experience has proven effectual / by Richard Mason, of Surry County, Virginia.
Published / Created:
Petersburg : Printed by John Dickson, Bollingbrook Street, 1811.
Physical Description:
[2], 4, [1], iv-vii, 176, [3], 11, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Subscribers's names: 11 pages at end.
Subject Terms:
Horses -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Horses -- Diseases. | Veterinary medicine. | Neilson, Thos. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1811. | Subscriber's lists.
Contributors:
Dickson, John, -1814, publisher.