[Rarebooks] FS: Monumental 19th cent. work on thoroughbred horses

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(HORSES) Frentzel, J. P.   J.P. FRENTZEL’S FAMILY TABLES OF ENGLISH 
THOROUGHBRED STOCK. (General Stud Book Vols. I-XIV.) A Complete List of Brood Mares 
Arranged in Families, Who Through Their Direct Descendants in the Female Line Are 
Still Represented at Stud, Together with All the Sires Produced by Them, 
Whose Female Progeny Have Been Employed in the Propagation of the Thoroughbred. 
The Racing Performances of the Sires as Well as the Achievements of Their Dams 
on the Turf Are   Added Also a Register   of the Sires and All Their Daughters 
Mentioned in the Tables. Published by the Central Agricultural Society for 
Lithuania and Masovia in Insterburg. Prepared for the Press by Eberhard von 
Bonin. Berlin: Paul Parey. 1889. Folio (16-1/2” x 12”). 2 vols. 
xxviii,446;(447)-868pp. Title & double column text printed in English and German. Orig. 1/2 
brown morocco, gilt, over textured cloth, some scuffing, front cover of Vol. I 
with an old scrape. A.e.g. A very rare set, most copies subscribed to by European 
institutional libraries.     $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A monumental work (the 2 volumes weigh 17 pounds) that is really an analysis 
of the whole of the 14 issued stud books.

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