Prof. J. Wortley Axe, M.R.C.V.S. - The horse; its treatment in health and disease : 9 volume set - The Gresham publishing company, 34 Southampton Street, Strand, London. - Hardbacks - 1906 - 1415 pages - 27.5 cm x 20 cm. Volume 1 (1906) - Pages 1 - 164 Volume 2 - Pages 165 - 344 Volume 3 - Pages 345 - 512 Volume 4 - Pages 1 - 160 Volume 5 - Pages 161 - 320 Volume 6 - Pages 321 - 491 (dioramas) Volume 7 - Pages 1-188 This set is good condition - Clean, bright contents - Firm bindings - Gilt titles to front boards and spines - Profusely illustrated throughout with full-page coloured plates and in-text illustrations - Numerous fold-out tables - - Volume 6 contains fold-out dioramas to the rear, depicting the anatomy of the hoof. The horse: its treatment in health and disease aimed to produce in "one compact whole" all of the most useful information relating to the horse, including its origin and development, varieties, breeding, training, management, health and disease. The introduction boasts of each section being "virtually a book in itself, dealing exhaustively with every phase of its subject ... To the owner or responsible custodian of any horse or pony it is absolutely indispensable". There would potentially have been a large market for it: at the time that this book was written, the horse was still common in society as a working animal for transport and farming, as well as for providing leisure. It has been estimated that at the end of Queen Victoria's reign (1901), there were some four million horses in Great Britain. A most attractive set in original art nouveau bindings of this complete guide to equine veterinary care, husbandry and pedigrees.