Horses 4 ~ Antique

The History of the Carriage.
Laszlo Tarr. New York 1969.

A study of the structural development of the carriage from its obscure origins in the fourth millennium BC to its eclipse by the automobile in the first decade of this century. World-embracing, it ranges from Sumeria through ancient Greece and Rome, Byzanthium and China, to medieval Europe and the American Wild West.

Many b/w photographs and illustrations. 331 pages.

£ 25.00

Das Norische Pferd im Bild
Gestuetsdirektor Groll
Schwaiganger
1930s

Large volume with 51 pages of b/w photographs depicting Norik stallions and mares of Schwaiganger Stud/Bavaria during the 1920s/30s. Several pages of breed statistics.

£ 30.00

Die Rassen des Pferdes
Graf C.G. Wrangel
Stuttgart 1908

2 Volumes

Classic and standard work on horse breeds and breeding. Chapters covering the natural history of the horse, Oriental breeds and European breeds, with detailed descriptions and many b/w photographs.

632/456 pages

£ 120.00

Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse.
William Ridgeway. Cambridge University Press. 1905.

An attempt to solve one of the chief problems in the history of the horse, the most important of the animals domesticated by man. The nature of the enquiry rendered it necessary to treat not only all of the chief breeds of domestic horses known in historical times, but also to take a survey of all the other living Equidae, as well as the ancestors of the genus.

b/w photographs and illustrations. 538 pages.

£ 35.00


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