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Copperplate engraved illustration of a man and a horse in profile, each facing right, with the man wearing a toga.
Copperplate engraved illustration showing the physics of motion of three birds, three fish, and a leaping horse, with comparisons of a squatting man, dog and monkey.
Copperplate engraved illustration of five sets of horse teeth in from horses of various ages.
Page of text explaining how to determine a horse’s age by looking at its teeth
Copperplate engraved illustrations showing a man and a donkey in profile, and a man and a deer in profile.

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Copperplate engraved illustration of five sets of horse teeth in from horses of various ages.

“The Age of a Horse by its Teeth” from The new American pocket farrier and farmer's guide

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A plain title page in English with no illustrations.
Ten Minutes Advice to Every Gentleman Going to Purchase a Horse Out of a Dealer, Jockey, or, Groom’s Stables by Henry Bracken, 1788
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Page of text explaining how to determine a horse’s age by looking at its teeth
Ten minutes advice to every gentleman going to purchase a horse out of a dealer, jockey, or, groom’s stables by Henry Bracken, 1788

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