Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Forester, Frank, 1807-1858
Title:
The tricks and traps of horse dealers / by Frank Forester ; Part I.
Published / Created:
New York : Dinsmore and Company, 1858.
Physical Description:
70 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
HV6698.N5 T75 1858
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"There is no evidence that ... [the] second part was ever issued."--Van Winkle, W.M. Henry William Herbert ... 1936, p. 67.

With wood-engraved illustrations by Holcomb-Davis, after (Augustus?) Hoppin.

With a frontispiece portrait of the author.

"Number 5. 10 cents"--Cover.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 194

Publisher's advertisements on back of front cover and on front and back of back cover.

BAC: British Art Center copy in original light green paper wrappers printed in black.

Instructions on how to identify and avoid swindlers and swindling in the horse trade.
Subject Terms:
Forester, Frank, 1807–1858 -- Portraits. | Horse dealers -- New York (State) -- New York. | Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York.
Form/Genre:
Publishers' advertisements. | Wood engravings -- 1858.
Contributors:
Hoppin, Augustus, 1828–1896, ill. | Holcomb-Davis (Firm), engraver.