Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Badcock, John, active 1816-1830
Title:
The grooms' oracle, and pocket stable directory : in which the management of horses generally as to health, dieting, and exercise are considered, in a series of familiar dialogues between two grooms engaged in training horses to their work / by John Hinds, V.S. ... ; from the second London edition, with notes and an appendix, including extracts from the receipt book of the author.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : E.L. Carey and A. Hart : sold by J. Grigg, Philadelphia ; G. & C. & H. Cavill and Collins & Hannay, New York : Carter, Hendee & Babcock, Boston : W. & J. Neal, Baltimore : and Thompson & Homans, Washington, 1831.
Physical Description:
xii, [1], 13-228, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece illustration by Samuel Alken.
Subject Terms:
Horses. | Horses -- Diseases. | Horses -- Training. | Bayard, Edward -- Stamp. | Hall, Marshall G. -- Stamp. | Groves, John Stuart -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1831. | Publisher's advertisments.
Contributors:
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, engraver. | Grigg, John, 1792-1864, bookseller. | Carey & Hart, publisher. | G. & C. & H. Carvill (Firm), bookseller. | Collins & Hannay, bookseller. | Carter, Hendee & Babcock, bookseller. | W. & J. Neal (Firm), bookseller. | Thompson & Homans, bookseller.