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Title(s)
The horse / by William Youatt ; together with a general history of the horse ; a dissertation on the American trotting horse, how trained and jockeyed, an account of his remarkable performances ; and an essay on the ass and the mule, by J.S. Skinner, Assistant Post Master General, and editor of the Turf Register.
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Edition
A new edition, with numerous illustrations
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Published/Created
Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, for G.W. Gorton, 1847.
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Physical Description
448 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF285.Y68 H67 1847
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
With a lithographed frontispiece drawn on stone by Augustus Kollner, after J.F. Herring; printed by Thomas Sinclair. Also with 58 wood engravings within the text.
With a large wood-engraved vignette on the title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary dark brown half morocco with marbled boards. Inscribed: Robert Perkins, Owls nest. -
Subject Terms
Asses and mules. | Gorton, G. W. -- Publisher. | Horses -- Diseases. | Horses -- Training. | Horses. | Perkins, Robert -- Autograph.
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