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THE HORSE -- HUGHES, Charles. The Compleat Horseman: or, The Art of Riding made Easy . London: F. Newbery, [1772]. 12° (160 x 91mm). 63 [11]p. Engraved frontispiece and one plate, 5 leaves of woodcuts at end. Recent half calf. One of two editions published by F. Newbery in the same year and 'sold at Hughes's riding school'. The frontispiece shows Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, the engraved plate their riding school, and the woodcuts the 'many attitudes by which Mr. Hughes and his assistants prove their amazing dexterity in horsemanship'. ESTC locates 5 copies of each edition; and in this edition appears to mistakenly call for 63 [1]p. rather than 63 [11]p. NO COPY OF THIS EDITION IN BL. Huth p. 46; cf. Roscoe A245; not in Mellon/Podeschi. [PARSONS, Philip (1729-1812)]. Newmarket: or, an Essay on the Turf . London: for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin and J. Dodsley, 1771. 2 volumes in one, 12° (154 x 91mm). [2], x, 189 [1]; [4], 222p. Engraved additional title. (This cropped at margins.) Blind-panelled calf by T. Gosden with gilt tool of a mounted jockey on covers, and of a standing jockey on spine, gilt edges (joinst rubbed, spine lifting). Provenance : PRESENTATION COPY to an unnamed recipient (with 10-line inscription on front blank dated 'Wye, May 15 1772', signed 'The Author') -- Thomas Gosden (1780-1840, bookplate) -- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929, Durdans booklabel). ONLY EDITION; 5 copies located in ESTC. Huth p. 44; not in Mellon/Podeschi. WALL, Richard, horse breeder. A Dissertation on Breeding of Horses . London: G. Woodfall, R. Heber, and J. Wilkie, [1760?]. 8° (202 x 112mm). [5] 10-92p. (Lower margin of D3 with paper fault.) Contemporary wrappers. ONLY EDITION IN ESTC; 2 COPIES LOCATED (BL and a private collection) though Huth (p. 42) notes a 1768 edition. Includes obsevations on 'foreign horses which are adapted to racing, particularly those of the kingdom of Yemine in ... South Arabia. Also those of ... North Arabia'. Not in Mellon/Podeschi. S., A. The Gentleman's Complete Jockey with The Perfect Horseman and Experienc'd Farrier . London: Peter Parker, 1711. 12° (148 x 86mm). [4] 164 [12]p., including 2 advertisement leaves at end. Folding engraved frontispiece. (Frontispiece crumpled and torn with some loss at foremargin, browned, some short marginal tears.) Contemporary sheep (worn). Provenance : Edward Edmund (signature on title) -- [Thomas Gittins, Shrewsbury (bookseller's label)] -- R.T. Lloyd (signature, dated 1866). First published in 1696. This [?]fifth edition is unrecorded in ESTC. Not in Huth or Mellon/Podeschi. -- THOMPSON, Charles. Rules for Bad Horsemen . London: J. Robson 1762. 8° (151 x 93mm). [2] iv 82p. Contemporary sheep (rebacked). Provenance : William Henry Wills (bookplate) -- Sir William Overend Priestley (1829-1900, bookplate). FIRST EDITION; 6 copies located in ESTC. Frequently republished. Mellon/Podeschi 56. -- TAPLIN, William (1740?-1807). Taplin's Multum in parvo or Sportsman's Equestrian monitor . [London]: for the author and sold by J. Wheble, 1796. 8° (153 x 96mm). [2] 104p. Engraved title and one plate. (Spotting to title and plates.) Contemporary marbled wrappers (rebacked). ONLY EDITION. ESTC locates 6 copies. Not in Huth or Mellon/Podeschi. (6)