Markhams maister-peece : containing all knowledge belonging to a smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing of all diseases in horses, drawne with great paine, and most approued experience from the publicke practise of all the forraigne horse-marshalls in Christendome, and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being diuided into tvvo bookes. The first containing all cures physicall: the second all belonging to chyrurgery, vvith an eddition of 130 principall chapters, and 340 most excellent medicines neuer written of nor mentioned in any other author whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse and quality of euery simple spoken of through the whole worke. Written by Gervase Markham. Gent.
| Author/creator | Markham, Gervase |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Now newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, vvith diuers most assured and approued medicines, which without all faile (by Gods grace) will cure those diseases which all our farriers hold impossible to be cured. |
| Publication Info | Imprinted at London : By Nicholas Okes, and are to be sold by Richard Whitaker, 1623. |
| Description | [14], 565, [1] p. : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240933035 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Second booke. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | On title page, edition statement is printed after "worke". |
| General note | Pagination and signatures continuous. |
| General note | The second book has a separate title page (Q3r), with same date, and with printer's device (McKerrow 367), reading: The second booke: containing all cures chyrurgicall, or such infirmities as being onely outward, craue the vse of surgery, and are called in horse-leach-craft, horses sorrances. newly imprinted, corrected, and enlarged with many notable, and most certaine approued medicines. Written by Gervase Markham. Gent:. |
| General note | Another edition of STC 17376, published in 1610. |
| General note | Print faded and show-through; some pages stained. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 17377a. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 814:04) |
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