The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties : comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each : with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf : illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen : the engravings from original paintings : with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / by John Lawrence, author of "A philosophical and practical treatise on horses," &c. &c.

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Lawrence, John, 1753-1839, The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties , 1809

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Creator:: Lawrence, John, 1753–1839
Title(s):: The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties : comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each : with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf : illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen : the engravings from original paintings : with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / by John Lawrence, author of "A philosophical and practical treatise on horses," &c. &c.
Published/Created:: London : Albion Press : Printed for James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row : and John Scott, Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell, 1809.
Physical Description:: iv, [1], 6-288, [4] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF285 .L38 1809+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF285 .L38 1809+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/2444111
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Added title page has imprint: London : Printed for the proprietors, 1809.
Engravings by Girtin and John Scott; after Benjamin Marshall, George Stubbs, Sawrey Gilpin, and John Nost Sartorius.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 91
Includes index.
Errata on page [3] at end.
List of plates and publisher's advertisement on page [4] at end.
MUDD Uzfe17 +809L: Bookplate cds: Parry, Henry (armorial) Philpott, Rich. St'P'r., M.A., Prebendary of Wells.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary brown calf. Armorial bookplate: Stafford Goldie Harding.
BAC: British Art Center copy copy 2 bound in contemporary red three-quarter morocco. Binder's stamp of Pawson & Nicholson.
Subject Terms:: Harding, Stafford Goldie -- Bookplate.
Horse racing.
Horses.
Pawson & Nicholson -- Binder.
Race horses -- Great Britain -- History.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1809.
Etchings -- 1809.
Wood engravings -- 1809.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:: Girtin, I., engraver
Scott, John, 1774–1827, engraver.
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807, illustrator.
Marshall, Benjamin, 1767–1835, illustrator.
Sartorius, John Nost, 1759–1829, illustrator.
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806, illustrator.
Cundee, J. (James), bookseller.
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The Godolphia Arabian
Duncombe, by the Arcot Arabian, a hunter, the property of George Treacher, Esq.
Portrait of a Hackney, Roan Billy
Portrait of a Charger, and Major-General Warde
Coach-Horses, the property of Henry Villebois, Esq. with a striking Portrait of David
Portrait of Dumpling, a black Gelding and Thill horse
Stabling for a country residence
Sir Charles Bunbury's Eleanor
Eclipse and Shakespeare
King Herod and Flying Childers
Shetland Poney, Forester, and Welch Poney.

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