Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at present Practiced at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Including Practical Treatises on: Cattle, Their Management in Dairy, Field and Stall by John Walker Pasture Grasses and Forage Plants, by Samuel P. Preston The Practice of Sheep Farming by Charles Scott The Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs by J. I. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.L.

London: William Mackenzie, no date, [1895], First Edition. 538pp, 96pp, and vii pp together with 47 full-page-plates in black and white and colour (all original lithographs and colourful chromolithographical plates) also several illustrations within the text. Modern, professional half leather binding with marbled endpapers. The Illustrations and Chromolithographic Plates included in this work are: 1. Clydesdale Stallion "Grand National" 2. Arab-Toorkman Charger (from Syria) with a list of Terms used in Horsemanship 3. Pure Arabian presented to her Majesty by the Imaum of Muscat and The Godolphin Barb - Ancestor of the most celebrated Racers on the British Turf 4. Group of Ponies (New Forest Pony , The Sheltie, Horse Pony) 5. The Roadster 6. The Paces of the Horse 7. Leaping 8. The Ages of the Horse (Teeth - Map I - From Birth to Five Years old) 9. The Ages of the Horse (Teeth - Map II - From Six Years Old to Extreme Old Age) 10. Single Harness / Pair Horse Harness 11. The Stable and Stable Fitting 12. Proportions of the Thorough-Bred and of the Cart-Horse 13. Isinglass, Winner of the Derby the Two thousand Guineas and the St Leger 1893 Sir Visto, Winner of the Derby 1895 and the St.Leger, 1895 14. The Hunter "Glengarry" 15. Ladas, Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1894 and of the Two Thousand Guineas and Newmarket Stakes 1894 16. Prize Cattle 17. Guernsey Cow 18. Ayrshire Heifer "Nellie of Barcheskie" 19. Shorthorn Bull "Ironclad" 20. Aberdeen-Angus Bull "Cash" 21. Hereford Bull "Maidstone" 22. Breeds of Sheep (Oxfordshire Downs and Shearling Suffolk Ewes) 23. Breeds of Sheep 24. Breeds of Sheep - Prize Cheviot Ram and Prize Dorset Horn Ram) 25. Breeds of Sheep (Southdown Shearling Ram) and Prize Group of Shropshire Shearling Ewes) 26. The Muscles of the Horse - Drawn from Nature expressly for this work by Ben Herring 27. The Bones of the Horse 28. Anatomy - The Head of the Horse 29. Anatomy - The Head, Ear, Brain & Their Nerves, Muscles & Blood Vessels 30. Anatomy - Muscles, Arteries, Bones &c. of the Hinder Extremeties 31. Anatomy - The Bones, Muscles and Arteries of the Foreleg 32. Anatomy - The Eye of the Horse in Health & Disease 33. Anatomy - The Horse's Foot 34. The Horse's Foot and Neurotomy 34. Anatomy of the Horse - The Thoracic Viscera 35. Anatomy - The Abdominal Viscera, Kidneys etc, The Oestrus Equi (Gadfly), Ova, Larvae, Bots etc. 36. Farriery - Varieties of Shoes [Horseshoes] 37. Farriery - Varieties of Shoes - Plate I 38. Farriers Tools & Implements 39. Veterinary Instruments and Apparatus 40. Method of Slinging the Horse 41. Bandaging & Bronchotomy 42. Anatomy [of the Horse] - Gestation, The Foetus & Foetal Circulation 43. The Age of the Ox as indicated by his Teeth 44. The Age of the Sheep as indicated by his Teeth 45. Calculous concretions common to Ox, Sheep & Pig 46. Sheep's Head with Small Pox 47. The Age of the Pig as indicated by the Teeth Approximately 12 ¼ inches tall. Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 5 sets of double gilt lines dividing 6 compartments, double gilt lines at the top and bottom, gently bruised top and tail. Joints good condition. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition half red leather red cloth boards, some signs of moisture to the front board. Page edges good condition all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, internal end papers are tanned and foxed, one of the internal end papers has the name of Frederick Percy Ling written on it. Title good condition red and black text, lightly tanned with some foxing. Pages good condition frontispiece of a Clydesdale Stallion Grand National , page 84 has a black ink smudge in the margin, plate XVI has a crease to the top corner, pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition sound.…