Nine Volume set entitled - The Horse Its Treatment in Health and Disease. This is a complete guide to breeding, training and management. Edited by Prof. J. Wortley Axe, M.R.C.V.S. London: The Gresham Publishing Company 1906. The hard cover volumes are very ornate and tastefully done. They have avocado green embossed cloth over board with gold embossing along with black embossed swirls embracing the entire front cover. Each volume is 8vo – measuring 10 ¾” x 7 ¾” x 1 1/8”. The preface in volume one sums up this entire set perfectly – It reads - The object of the editor in preparing this work has been to set out in one compact whole, some of the most useful information relating to the horse. The origin and development of the horse, his varieties, his breeding, training and management, in health and disease, with other cognate subjects, have each in turn been considered. To render the book more intelligible and useful to the reader, each group of diseases is preceded by a brief reference to the anatomy and physiology of the parts therein concerned and the whole written in the simplest possible language consistent with a clear enunciation of the subject . The greatest care has been taken in the selection and production of the very large series of illustrations which are to be found in this book .Of these many are in colours, embracing portraits of prize-winning animals of the leading varieties, and drawings from nature illustrating anatomical and pathological subjects. Of the large number of black and white illustrations many are reproductions from photographs, many are drawn from original specimens, or reproduced from drawings in the portfolio of the editor, while some are from the textbooks of Chaveau, Kirks, and others. The condition of the set is very good. There is some slight wear to the top and bottom of the spine cover due to use and age. The pages have a slight browning to them but they are all in very good condition. The binding is tight and clean. I guess I don’t need to mention how much this set would mean to a horse lover and/or trainer. There is such a wealth of information here! I can’t emphasize enough the numerous illustrations in colour, black and white and photographic which are contained within these volumes. Incredible Nine Volume Set! Striving For ExcellenceIt isn’t brilliance or just getting the breaks,It is consistent attention to & honest respect for the Customer. Blue Dolphin Antiques164 Atlantic HwyNorthport, Maine 04849# 207-338-3860 |
