| Summary: | Michael Laird Rare Books description: Contemporary publisher's grey boards tooled in silver (now oxidized); preserved in fitted marbled shemise. A rare and curious German eithteenth-century Taschenbuch, in whith the presence of Jewish and Turkish calendars illustrates the importance of these ethnic groups in the horse-breeding profession. This is an extraordinary German celebration of English horses and horse racing, containing: 12 full-page engravings of famous English racehorses; a double-page folding plate which gives a contemporary rendering of a "modern" two-wheeled cabriolet ('modernen zweiradrigen Cabriolets'), a silhouette portrait of Georg Hartmann, and an engraved portrait of Göttingen University Stall-Master Ayrer. With contributions to horse breeding, horsemanship, equestrian veterinary practice and more.
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