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1754 A New Treatise on the Diseases of Horses
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Description
Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding
The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.
Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I, alongside twenty-one plates to volume I, and ten to volume II.
Collated, complete.
William Gibson provides the tools to diagnose many ailments faced by horses, while offering cures and treatments alongside 'the cheapest and most efficacious remedies'.
With the bookplate of Thomas Hunt to the front pastedown of volume I.
ESTC T95580
With an index to the rear of volume II.
A wonderful study of the health of horses.
Condition
In full calf bindings. Rubbing to back strips, board perimeters, and joints, with minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Marks to front board of volume II. Joints starting, with front board of volume I tender, and remaining boards firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown of volume II. Damp staining to front pastedown of volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot.
Good
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