[Rarebooks] fs: Youatt's manual on Horses, 1875

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(No. 7353 )  [Youatt, William (1776-1847)]. YOUATT'S HISTORY, TREATMENT, AND
DISEASES OF THE HORSE WITH A TREATISE ON DRAUGHT, AND A COPIUS INDEX.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875. Full cloth, Octavo, viii, 470
pages, Black & white frontispiece, engraved cuts. Near fine.
      Youatt's classic veterinary and all around owner's manual for the
horse, "Embracing an account of his introduction and use in various
countries; general management under all peculiar circumstances an abstract
of the best veterinary practice; useful medicinal and other recipes;
articles of food, etc." Includes an interesting chapter on draught,
including all manner of information on pulling vehicles and loads with
horses, proper construction of carriages and roadways, and more. This copy
is bound in rust-colored cloth over boards with black and gilt-stamped
spine, black stamped upper board, dark brown endpapers. Minor extremity
rubs. Tissue-guarded frontispiece with moderate foxing. Binding remains
strong, hinges not cracked.    $75.00
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