Der illustrirte Hausthierarzt 1869 German Veterinarian Book by Wilhelm Zipperlen

Hardcover brown paper boards have spotted cover with wear and some cosmetic blemishes. Spine is dark brown leather with gold bands and black text box with wear along the front and rear gutters. Title in gold text has some rubbing thus hard to read. All the corners are worn down to the cardboard. The spine is straight with hinges firmly attached to the string binding. Text block is solid, and all pages are firmly attached but are of a low-grade paper. Age tanning throughout, with foxing, smudges, darkening at the page edges. The interior pages are clean with no tears, chips, creases, or previous owner marks. Filled with detailed, engraved illustrations. 736 pages including index Dimensions: H – 8-1/4” W – 5-1/2” D – 1-1/2”

A presentation of the health care of domestic animals, instruction about appearance, obstetrics, shoeing, etc. and about the diseases of all domestic animals as well as their treatment, taking homeopathy into account at the same time.” All written in German