Every Man His Own Farrier. Leather spine with cloth boards - 1853

Rebound with gilt title on the navy calf spine. Navy cloth boards. This book is beautifully restored, rebound and reconditioned by Brian Cole. Looks as new and shall provide the owner with a further 200 years of use. Hardback. Condition: Very fine. Not Stated (illustrator). Francis Clater's popular and well-respected guide to the art of farriery, an essential work for the science that has remained the standard work on the subject. This work is an informative guide into the art of farriery, alongside information to the health and welfare of horses, with advice on treating various ailments, Illustrated with a frontispiece. Written by Francis Clater. Clater also published 'Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor', at the request of his employers who were farmers. He practised as a chemist, druggist, and cattle doctor, meaning this his medical advice in his works are trustworthy, and well respected at the time. Every man his own farrier containing the causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of cure for every disease to which the horse is liable with a veterinary pharmacopoeia. This book, "Every man his own farrier", by Francis Clater, is a replication of a book originally published before 1826