| Title | The horse and his rider, or, Sketches and anecdotes of the noble quadruped : and of equestrian nations | Translate
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| Author | Springfield, Rollo. | Translate
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| Type | Book | Translate
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| Imprint | London : Chapman and Hall | Translate
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| Year | 1847. | Translate
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| Technique | illustrations | Translate
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| Size | 18 cm | Translate
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| Annotation | "London: Vizetelly Brothers and Co., printers and engravers, Petersborough Court, Fleet Street."--Title page verso. Some plates type-signed: H. Vizetelly. | Translate
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| Comment | Domestication of the Horse—Horse B'urniture—Various
Breeds—Blood Horses—Ponies....... . 1
CHAPTER II.
Physiognomy' of the Horse—Sagacity'—Fidelity—Socia-
bility, &c.—Anecdotes—Insanity.......23
CHAPTER ill.
Vices, and Disagreeable or Dangerous Habits ... 50
chapter iv.
Speed and Endurance—Carnivorous Horses—Horseflesh
as Food—Horsebaiting ... .......66
chapter v.
Primitive State of Wild Horses—The Steppes ... 86The Centaur—The Mongols and Calmucks—A Russian
Taboon.................100
CHAPTER VII.
The Cossacks—The Circassians—The Mamelukes . . 131
CHAPTER VIII.
Bei.a—A Story of the Caucasus.........150
chapter ix.
Runjeet Singh's Famous Horse Lylee—Anecdotes—
Persian Horses..............179
CHAPTER X.
Arabian Horses . ..............194
chapter xi.
Feral Horses of America—Indians and Gauchos . . . 204 | Translate
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| Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate
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| Call number | ODA 4465 | Translate
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