The General stud-book, containing pedigrees of race horses, &c. &c. from the earliest accounts to the year 1807, inclusive

[GENERAL STUD BOOK]

Verlag: Printed for James Weatherby.By Henry Reynell, London, 1808

Beschreibung

l, [8], 516pp. [Bound with:] A supplement to the General stud-book, which was published in the year 1808. London. Printed for James Weatherby.By C. H. Reynell, 1814. xiv, [2], 288pp. 8vo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary spine panel. Board heavily rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Lord Rossmmore to title page of first mentioned work, very occasional light spotting. This is generally quoted as the 'first edition' and subsequent editions are numbered from it. The earlier works of 1791 and 1803 are, however, spoken of, in the fifth edition of Vol. I., as being the true first and second editions. A second volume was issued in 1822 and subsequent volumes later, bringing the work down to date. Published, as a rule, every four years, with 'Supplements' intervening. Horse-races were wagered upon from the days of Queen Anne in the early 1700s, but it was not until the formation of the Jockey Club in 1752 that regulation was first brought into the 'Sport of Kings' according to the 'Rules of Racing'. James Weatherby, pioneering Horse racing writer and historian, compiled the lineage and history of all major race horses as part of his role as Accountant of the Jockey Club, and the Stud Book has borne the Weatherby name ever since. His Introduction to the General Stud Book (1791) attempted to collect into a single volume the pedigrees of all horses then racing, and that had raced in the past. This was incomplete, and revised in 1793. The 1820 second edition was a definitive, and that from which the 1834 first American edition was taken. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ24176

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Titel: The General stud-book, containing pedigrees ...

Verlag: Printed for James Weatherby.By Henry Reynell, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1808

Einband: Hardcover

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