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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horses--Diseases--Early works to 1800.

Horses.

Horses--Diseases.

Veterinary medicine--Early works to 1800.

Veterinary medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 unnumbered pages, 565 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : illustrations

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.

Other Title:

Second booke.

Place of Publication:

Imprinted at London : By Nicholas Okes, and are to be sold by Richard Whitaker, 1623.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

On title page, edition statement is printed after "worke".

Pagination and signatures continuous.

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:.

Another edition of STC 17376, published in 1610.

Print faded and show-through; some pages stained.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 814:04) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

STC (2nd edition) 17377a.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.