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Rational Horse-Shoeing.  With Illustrations. By Wildair

Rational Horse-Shoeing. With Illustrations. By Wildair

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Rational Horse-Shoeing. With Illustrations. By Wildair

by (Russell, John E.)

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New York: Wynkoop and Hallenbeck, 1873. 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 12 x 4 ¾ inches]. 49 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Bound in green publisher's cloth, title in gilt on upper board, paper label on spine with title in ink. Very good copy, with a few notes in pencil in the margins. Only edition. Attractive copy of this practical manual to the science and art of horse shoeing and care for horses. With chapters on the damage ("evils") done to horse by poor shoeing practices, a description of the "goodenough horse shoe" and its benefits to the common horse, and a short description of the anatomy of the horse hoof. The illustrations provide detail to the methods described by the author.

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Title
Rational Horse-Shoeing. With Illustrations. By Wildair
Author
(Russell, John E.)
Book Condition
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Publisher
Wynkoop and Hallenbeck
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1873

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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.

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