The covers are lightly rubbed and the edges lightly chipped; the front hinge is exposed, though the binding remains solid and there is an embossed ownership stamp on the title page, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. 600 pages, indexed and illustrated. First published published in 1834 under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, as is this edition, 'Cattle, Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases' was reprinted regularly throughout the 1800s. During 1835 Youatt was appointed as the Honorary Veterinarian Surgeon of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later RSPCA).This is a quote from an essay he entered for one of their competitions " "The Essay required is one which shall morally illustrate, and religiously enforce, the obligation of man towards the inferior and dependent creatures--their protection and security from abuse, more especially as regards those engaged in service, and for the use and benefit of mankind-on the sin of cruelty--the infliction of wanton or unnecessary pain, taking the subject under its various denominations-exposing the specious defence of vivisection on the ground of its being for the interests of science--the supplying the infinite demands on the poor animal in aid of human speculations by exacting extreme labour, and thereby causing excessive suffering--humanity to the brute as harmonious with the spirit and doctrines of Christianity, and the duty of man as a rational and accountable creature."