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1. Farriery 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, &c. : to which is prefixed, ten minutes' advice to the purchasers of horses / by Henry Bracken, M.D.

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Creator:
Bracken, Henry, 1697–1764
Date:
Jan. 11, 1798
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-144 pages, [10] leaves of plates (8 folded) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The gentleman and farmer's guide for increase and improvement of cattle : viz. lambs, sheep, hogs; calves, cows, oxen. Also the best manner of breeding, and breaking horses, both for sport and burden: with an account of their respective distempers, and the most approved medicines for the cure of them. Also some observations on the many benefits of the woollen manufactures of Great-Britain, and the great advantages arising from hides, tallow, &c. Illustrated with copper plates / by R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.

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Creator:
Bradley, Richard, 1688–1732
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
[4], iv, [10], 352 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The gentleman's pocket-farrier : showing how to use your horse on a journey, and what remedies are proper for common accidents that may befall him on the road : with a copper-plate showing the age of a horse by his teeth.

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Creator:
Burdon, William
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
[2], 62 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The gentlemans pocket farrier / by Captain Burdon ; with large additions and remarks by Dr. Henry Bracken of Lancaster ; shewing the diseases and accidents a horse is liable to, and the most approved methods of cure ; also many useful observations & remarks concerning the choice and management of horses.

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Creator:
Burdon, William
Date:
[between 1775 and 1777?]
Physical Description:
[12], 76, [6] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The natural history of the horse : to which is added, that of the ass, bull, cow, ox, sheep, goat, and swine : with accurate descriptions of their several parts : and full directions for breeding, chusing, feeding, and improving, those useful creatures / translated from the French of the celebrated M. de Buffon.

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Creator:
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707–1788
Date:
MDCCLXII [1762]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [2], 340 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts