Horse Dentition: Showing How to Tell Exactly the Age of a Horse up to Thirty Years - With Tabulated Forms of Cattle and Sheep Dentition

Galvayne, Sydney

Verlag: Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow, 1890

Beschreibung

No stated date c1890. Second edition. 32pp. followed by 20 plates (mostly in two-colours). Sydney Frederick Galvayne was the pen-name of Frederick Henry Attride (1848-1913), also known as Ralph Frederick Osborne. He was a well-known horse tamer, author, and a renowned expert in the health and well-being of horses. He is best known for estimating the age of a horse by a groove on its teeth. The groove is widely known as the Galvayne's Groove, and is located on the lateral surface of the upper third incisor. , Horse Dentition is probably his best known work, first published in 1885. It shows how to tell exactly the age of a horse up to thirty years, and is still used in horse dentistry today. The book is bound in the original brown cloth covered boards with gold titling on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling together with a little bubbling to the cloth on the boards. There are three small stains on the front board and the spine ends are bumped. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers gHorses04

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Horse Dentition: Showing How to Tell Exactly...

Verlag: Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: Second Edition