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Title(s)
An historical list of horse-matches run : and of plates and prizes run for in Great Britain and Ireland, in ... with a list also of the principal cock-matches of the year above ... / by Reginald Heber.
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Published/Created
London : [s.n.], 1751-1769.
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Physical Description
18 v. ; 17 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF335.G7 H5a
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Periodicals
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Notes
Printer varies: no printer given v. 1-2; v. 3-9 by E. Owen; v. 10 by M. Witts; v. 11-15 by Samual Chandler; no printer given for v. 16-18.
Continuation of: An historical list of all horse-matches run ... by John Cheny.
Succeeded by: An historical list of horse-matches, plates and prizes, run for in Great Britain and Ireland ... by B. Walker.
Title page for v. 1 printed in red and black.
Contains lists of subscribers' names.
Some vols. contain errata lists.
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces.
Includes index.
Volume numbering begins with v. 3.
Loder, E.P. Bibliography of the history and organisation of horse racing, 1228
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, A2
British Union-Catalogue of periodicals, 2, p. 402
BEIN UZSF325 H57: Bookplate of Archibald William Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton.
BAC: British Art Center copy v. 3 (1754) bound in contemporary calf. Includes a drawn armorial bookplate, in black ink, for Saml. Grove. -
Subject Terms
Auchincruive -- Bookplate. | Cockfighting -- Periodicals -- Early works to 1800. | Eglinton, Archibald William Montgomerie, Earl of, 1812–1861 -- Bookplate. | Grove, Samuel -- Bookplate. | Horse racing -- Great Britain -- Periodicals -- Early works to 1800. | Horse racing -- Ireland -- Periodicals -- Early works to 1800.
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Form/Genre
Errata lists (Publishing) -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Great Britain -- 18th century.
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