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MARKHAM, Gervase (1568-1637). The Citizen’s and Countryman’s experienced Farrier. Ed. by John Millis. Baltimore: Samuel Sower, 1797.
12° (161 x 92 mm). (Pale browning.) Contemporary tree calf (rubbed).
Second American edition, after the colonial-era first edition printing Wilmington, DE, 1764. “... Important and rare Marylandia… the second American edition of the earliest American publication devoted to the selection, care, and racing of horses, and the first book printed in Maryland about horses” (Library Issues, University of Maryland, Winter 1995, p.4). This popular handbook went into at least six editions by 1840. The first edition is scarce, with only two copies appearing in auction records in at least the last 35 years; no copies of this edition are recorded at auction. Evans 32419; Henderson, p.169.
12° (161 x 92 mm). (Pale browning.) Contemporary tree calf (rubbed).
Second American edition, after the colonial-era first edition printing Wilmington, DE, 1764. “... Important and rare Marylandia… the second American edition of the earliest American publication devoted to the selection, care, and racing of horses, and the first book printed in Maryland about horses” (Library Issues, University of Maryland, Winter 1995, p.4). This popular handbook went into at least six editions by 1840. The first edition is scarce, with only two copies appearing in auction records in at least the last 35 years; no copies of this edition are recorded at auction. Evans 32419; Henderson, p.169.