THE AMERICAN FARRIER, OR NEW-YORK HORSE DOCTOR; BEING A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT UPON ADANCOURT'S "TAPLIN IMPROVED", WITH TERMS AND NAMES OF DISORDERS ADAPTED TO THE NOMENCLATURE OF FARMERS, TEAMSTERS, AND OSTLERS IN THE NORTHERN AND MIDDLE STATES. By an Experienced American Farrier

Troy, [N.Y.]: Published by F. Adancourt, 1826.. xiii,[1],188 [i.e. 189],[4]pp. plus frontispiece and ten plates, and a single-page advertisement. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, spine ruled in gilt, gilt red morocco label. Boards rubbed, corners a bit worn. Light scattered foxing and some creasing. Two leaves of plates loosening. Pencil scribbles on the front pastedown. Good plus. A scarce American farrier's manual, issued by publisher Francis Adancourt, following up on the popularity of his 1815 publication, Taplin Improved, which carried forward the work of 18th-century farrier William Taplin, and incorporated the observations and advice of Henry Bracken. The book provides advice on the purchase of a horse, the disorders of the feet and legs, the chest and bowels, as well as the shoulders and hips. Included are excerpts from other works, and cures provided by farriers and horsemen in the northeast and mid-Atlantic. The plates are well-executed woodcuts of horses keyed to lists of numerous maladies. In addition to treatments for illness and injury in horses, at the end of the book there is a compendium of information on cures for the disorders of horned cattle, sheep, and swine. This copy has penciled recipes for various homemade animal treatments on the verso of a plate, rear flyleaf, and rear free endpaper, including "Oil of Amber," "Foot Rot in Sheep," and "Horse Linament." An interesting and scarce view of American animal medicine in the early 19th century. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 23482. AUSTIN 1860. HENDERSON, pp.28-29.