1859 EQUESTRIAN 1ed Hints to Horse Keepers Riding HORSES Veterinary Medicine

1859 EQUESTRIAN 1^ed Hints to Horse Keepers Riding HORSES Veterinary Medicine

Henry Herbert’s “Hints to Horse-Keepers” is a rare, pre-Civil War treatise on the care of horses. Herbert focuses primarily on valuing horses, horse breeding, mare choosing, shoeing a horse, buying and selling horses and mules, riding styles for men and women, racing horses, veterinary medicine for horses, and so much more. This first edition includes numerous in-text and full-page sketch illustrations depicting horses, saddles, riding styles, carriages, bits and bridles.

Item number: #25778

Price: $499

HERBERT, Henry William

Hints to horse-keepers, a complete manual for horsemen

New York: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co., 1859. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 425, [7]
  • 83 numbered figures (in-text and full-page)
• Provenance: Handwritten – W. Perkins, 1870
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Dark green cloth
• Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)

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