A TREATISE ON CATTLE: SHOWING THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF BREEDING, REARING, AND FITTING FOR USE, ASSES, MULES, HORNED CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, AND SWINE. WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPER TREATMENT OF THEM IN THEIR SEVERAL DISORDERS: TO WHICH IS ADDED, A DISSERTATION ON THEIR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

Boston: William Spotswood, 1795. 12mo. iv, 215, [9] pp. With the publisher's advertisement at page [ii]. Bound in modern polished calf, gilt spine bands, and gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Text with light occasional foxing, Very Good.

The first American edition of this thorough veterinary and husbandry work, originally published in London in 1776.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29083. Austin 1309. Rink 1589. Item #26179

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