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1. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : 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 : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject : with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason.

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Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
300 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing / by Nimrod.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
viii, 524 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Horses and hounds : a practical treatise on their management / by "Scrutator" ; to which is added "Taming of wild horses" by J.S. Rarey ...

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Creator:
Horlock, Knightley William, 1802–1882
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
xii, 328, 12 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The modern farrier : containing the causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of preventing and curing the various diseases of horses, cows, and sheep : forming a valuable compendium of practical farriery / by G. Lowson ; illustrated with engravings.

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Creator:
Lowson, G.
Date:
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 234 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse : with modes of management in all cases, and treatment in disease / by Richard Mason, M.D., formerly of Surry County, Virginia ; to which is added a prize essay on mules ; an appendix, containing recipes for diseases of horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, dogs, swine, etc. etc. ; with Annals of the turf, American stud-book, rules for training, racing, etc. ; with a supplement, comprising an essay on domestic animals, especially the horse ; with remarks on treatment and breeding ; together with trotting and racing tables, showing the best time on record, at one, two, three, and four mile heats ; pedigrees of winning horses, since 1839 ; and of the most celebrated stallions and mares ; with useful calving and lambing tables, &c. &c. by J.S. Skinner ...

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Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
415, [1], 101, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The perfect horse : how to know him, how to breed him, how to train him, how to shoe him, how to drive him / by William H.H. Murray ; with an introduction by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher ; and a treatise on agriculture and the horse, by Hon. George B. Loring ; containing illustrations of the best trotting stock-horses in the United States, done from life, with their pedigrees, records, and full descriptions.

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Creator:
Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1840–1904
Date:
1873
Physical Description:
xi, [5], 480 pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. "Centaur," or, The "turn out" : a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable : with management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable : with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. / by E.W. Gough ; member of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Creator:
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
[137] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The horse / by William Youatt ; together with a general history of the horse ; a dissertation on the American trotting horse, how trained and jockeyed, an account of his remarkable performances ; and an essay on the ass and the mule, by J.S. Skinner, Assistant Post Master General, and editor of the Turf Register.

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Creator:
Youatt, William, 1776–1847
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
448 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The exterior of the horse / by Armand Goubaux ... ; and Gustave Barrier ... ; translated and edited by Simon J.J. Harger, V.M.D. ...

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Creator:
Goubaux, Armand, 1820–1890
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
xxviii, 916 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Taplin improved, or, A complete treatise on the art of farriery : wherein are fully explained the nature and structure of that useful creature, a horse, with the diseases and accidents he is liable to, and the methods of cure : exemplified by ten elegant cuts, each the full figure of a horse, describing all the various parts of that noble animal : likewise, rules for breeding and training of colts : practical receipts for the cure of common distempers incident to oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, etc. : to which is prefixed ten minutes advice to the purchasers of horses / by Henry Bracken, M.D.

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Date:
1815
Physical Description:
204 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Horses and stables / by Colonel F. Fitzwygram, XV, the King's Hussars ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Fitzwygram, Frederick, Sir, 1823–1904
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
viii, 616 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen : embracing how to breed a hors, how to buy a horse, how to break a horse, how to use a horse, how to feed a horse, how to physic a horse (allopathy and homoeopathy), how to groom a horse, how to drive a horse, how to ride a horse, and chapters on mules and ponies / by Henry William Herbert (Fank Forester) ; with additions, including "Baucher's system of horsemanship," also, giving directions for the selection and care of carriages and harness of every description, and a memoir of the author ; beautifully illustrated.

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Creator:
Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
425, [7] pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties : comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each : with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf : illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen : the engravings from original paintings : with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / by John Lawrence, author of "A philosophical and practical treatise on horses," &c. &c.

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Creator:
Lawrence, John, 1753–1839
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-288, [4] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts