Miles, W. J. and others.
Modern Practical Farriery, A complete system of the veterinary art as at present practised 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. And the diseases of cattle, sheep and pigs, by J.I.Lupton.
William Mackenzie, London, no date. Ca. 1880.
Folio in a contemporary, professionally rebacked half leather binding with red spine label lettered in gilt. Mildly rubbed binding. Two small spots on fore edges, else only occasional weak spots. Colored frontispiece, (II), VI, 538 p. + VII, 96 p. + 20 color chromo lithographed plates + 28 b/w lithographed plates and numerous illustrations in the text.