James White [ed. by W.C. Spooner] — A Compendium of Veterinary Art

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Cloth. An uncommon edition to a popular book on the veterinary practice of horses, including details on their physiology and diseases. The eighteenth edition of A Compendium of The Veterinary Art: Containing Plain and Concise Observations on the Construction and Management of the Stable, including a brief and popular outline on The Structure and Economy of the Horse. Written by British veterinary surgeon James White, and revised by W.C. Spooner. Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans in 1851. First published in 1806.In the publisher's original green cloth, with a colour frontispiece of the anatomy of a horse's leg, and numerous in-text engravings by Mr. Branston. Collated complete.A popular and practical guide to the physiology and diseases of horses, containing an array of detailed knowledge useful for farmers and owners. This particular edition revised the seventeenth edition which included new engravings and updated information regarding the physiological structure of the horse.Only three copies of this particular edition are held institutionally in the UK. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd mark to boards. Fading to the right extremities of the front board. Bumping to the extremities, and to the head and tail of the spine, where slight cloth has lifted. Number 619 marked to spine. End papers are generally bright and clean with slight browning. Slight wear to end paper hinges. Library bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor age toning, and the faint spot to the extremities of the occasional leaf. Good . Ill.: Branston. Good .