Markhams maister-peece: containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses

Drawne with great paine, and most approved experience, from the publick practise of all the forraigne horse-marshals in Christendome; and from the private practise of all the best farriers of this land. Being divided into two bookes. The first containing all cures physicall: the second, all belonging to chirurgery; with an addition of 160. principall chapters, and 370. most excellent medicines, never written of, nor mentioned in any authour whatsoever. Together with the true nature, use, and quality of every simple spoken of through the whole worke. Now the eighth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and above forty new medicines that are most certaine and approved; and heretofore never published, which you shall finde noted thus. All which never was before made knowne, but concealed in the authours brest for his owne credit

by Gervase Markham

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Published 1656 by By W. Wilson, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgatehill in Imprinted at London .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Horses,
• Veterinary medicine,
• Anatomy,
• Diseases,
• Horseshoeing,
• Treatment

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Edition Notes

Other titles	Second booke, containing all cures chyrurgicall.
Statement	Written by Gervase Markham, Gent
The Physical Object
Pagination	14 unnumbered pages, 591 pages, 25 unnumbered pages, 1 folded leaf of plates :
Number of Pages	591
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL26481847M

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