The country-man's jewel: or, The jockey's master-piece. Part I contains plain and approv'd rules to choose, feed, and breed the best stallions, horses, mares, or geldings. How to order and feed a race-horse. Also how to know a sound horse or mare from one that is distemper'd. With a collection of two hundred choice and approv'd receipts to cure all distempers, and different diseases in horses and mares. The like before never published. Part II prescribes cures for all distempers in black and white cattle ; as horses, oxen, bulls, cows, calves, goats, mules, asses, sheep, hogs, dogs, deer, hares, and conies. Also to destroy vermin. With directions for improving land to great advantage. To cure the biting of a mad dog. By M. S. Gent. L. M. J. Lambert, and others

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  • The country-man's jewel: or, The jockey's master-piece. Part I contains plain and approv'd rules to choose, feed, and breed the best stallions, horses, mares, or geldings. How to order and feed a race-horse. Also how to know a sound horse or mare from one that is distemper'd. With a collection of two hundred choice and approv'd receipts to cure all distempers, and different diseases in horses and mares. The like before never published. Part II prescribes cures for all distempers in black and white cattle ; as horses, oxen, bulls, cows, calves, goats, mules, asses, sheep, hogs, dogs, deer, hares, and conies. Also to destroy vermin. With directions for improving land to great advantage. To cure the biting of a mad dog. By M. S. Gent. L. M. J. Lambert, and others
  • Notable things. The country-man, farmer: or, Grazier, and gentleman's compleat instructor
People / Organizations
Imprint
London]: Printed for G. Conyers, at the Ring in Little-Britain, [1690?
Added name
M. S., Gent.; A. S., Gent.; L. M.; Lambert, James, active 17th century.; Conyers, George, -1739 or 1740, bookseller.
Publication year
1690
ESTC No.
R504952
Grub Street ID
436033
Description
118, [2] p. : ill. (woodcut) ; 12°.
Note
Preface signed: L.M. J.L. A.S

Date of publication from Podeschi. British Library Catalogue gives a conjectural date of 1697

The words "horses, oxen, ... conies." in title are printed in three columns divided by two columns of type ornaments

After imprint in square brackets: Price 1 s. 6 d

Title page has border of type ornaments

Title pages of two other works printed on p.[2] and p.[4]. 'The country-man's treasure: shewing the nature, causes, and cure of all diseases incident to cattle, viz. Horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, hogs, goats, mules, asses, dogs, deer, and conies' (p.[2]) and 'The husbandman, farmer, and grazier's compleat instructor in feeding, brooding, buying, and selling cattle' (p.[4])

Full page woodcut illustration on A1r

Signatures: [A]]1]2] B-C]1]2] D]8] E-F]4] G]8

F2 and F4 missigned "E2" and "E4" respectively

Not in Wing.