1831 The Horse with a Treatise on Draught : W. Youatt : Illustrated

The Horse with a Treatise on Draught

By W. Youatt

London; Baldwin and Cradock, 1831. First Edition. Half-leather binding with marble sides, pp vii, [i], 472. [16]. Illustrated throughout.

CONDITION
A very good first edition. The leather binding is in good condition. All contents present and pages good throughout and free from foxing, stains etc. Perhaps the odd light thumb mark to the odd margin. Overall a very good first edition.

William Youatt (1776 – 9 January 1847) was an English veterinary surgeon and animal welfare writer.

During 1835 Youatt was appointed as the Honorary Veterinarian Surgeon of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later the RSPCA). He was an entrant in an essay-writing competition in 1837 where a benefactor of the RSPCA offered a prize of one hundred pounds for the best piece.

Youatt's 1834 book on cattle is noted as an influence on Charles Darwin's work on natural selection soon thereafter, due to Youatt's understanding of artificial selection in animal breeding. Youatt described the selection of close kin of slaughtered animals with desirable characteristics for future breeding.

(Loc : Agriculture)