Title:
A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries : illustrated by eighteen plates of horses.
Alternate Title(s):
Spine title: Horses past and present state
Published / Created:

London : Thomas Hookham, 15, Old Bond Street, . Hookham, MDCCCXXXVI [1836]

London : C. Roworth and Sons, Bell Yard, Temple Bar

Physical Description:
v, [1],155, [1] pages, 18 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF303 .C66 1836+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF303 .C66 1836+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:

Lithographs by M. Gauci and H.B. Chalon, after James Seymour, George Stubbs, Benjamin Marshall. Plates printed by Charles Hullmandel.

Printer's statement from title page verso.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 150

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary dark green cloth, with printed spine label. Armorial bookplate: Vive Revicturus. Bookseller's label: S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary dark green cloth, with printed spine label. Presentation inscription: Ja. W. Poulis from the author..

Contents:
Plates: I. Old Partner -- II. Sedbury -- III. A Racer -- IV. Mambrino -- V. Sweetbrier -- VI. Sweetwilliam -- VII. Volunteer -- VIII. Protector -- IX. Sharke -- X. Johnny -- G.[no number] Gimcrack -- XI. Muly Moloch -- XII. Selim -- XIII. Pericles -- XIV. A Hunter -- XV. Spankaway -- XVI. A Hunter -- XVII. A Hunter.
Subject Terms:
Horse racing -- Great Britain. | Horses -- Breeding. | Poulis, Ja. W. -- Pres. insc. from the author. | Fores, S. W. -- Bookseller. | Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1836. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 | Marshall, Benjamin, 1767–1835 | Seymour, James, 1702–1752 | Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850 | Gauci, M. | Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849 | Hookham, Thomas | C. Roworth and Sons