Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Dossenbach, Monique

Title:

The noble horse / Monique and Hans D. Dossenbach ; foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh.

Alternate Title(s):

König Pferd. English

Published / Created:

Exeter : Webb & Bower, 1985, c1983.

Physical Description:

448 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 34 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF285 .D67 1985+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Originally published in German as König Pferd. Translated into English by Margaret Whale Sutton.

Includes index and bibliography (p. 447).

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's green cloth; silver lettering on front cover and spine. In pictorial board sleeve.

Contents:

Part I. The natural history and evolution of the horse -- Part II. The historical relationship of horse and man from the Ice Age to the Second World War -- Part III. The horse and man today -- Part IV. Glossary of equestrian terms.

Subject Terms:

Horses -- History. | Horses -- Physiology. | Horse sports. | Webb & Bower -- Publisher.

Contributors:

Dossenbach, Hans D., 1936– | Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921– | Sutton, Margaret Whale.