James White; W.C. Spooner — Compendium of the Veterinary Art

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 . Cloth. A very scarce seventeenth edition of this guide to the nineteenth century veterinary arts, with a coloured frontispiece. A very scarce work.The seventeenth edition of the work.Originally written by James White, a veterinary surgeon of the First or Royal Dragoons.Entirely reconstructed, with additions and alterations, bringing to work up to the contemporary state of veterinary science, by W.C. Spooner.Containing plain and concise observations of the construction and management of the stable; a brief and popular outline of the structure and economy of the horse; the natural symptoms, and treatment of the diseases and accidents to which the horse is liable; the best methods of performing various important operations, with advice to the purchase of horses and a copious materia medica and pharmacopoeia. With a coloured frontispiece, and in text illustrations throughout.Including 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.  In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to extremities, most significant to the head and tail of the spine, with loss to board corners. Odd marks to boards. Spotting to endpapers. Binders sticker to rear paste down. Rear hinge strained. Internally, firmly bound. Age toning and spotting to pages, most significant to the front and rear. Ink inscription to title page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .