Horse Breeding in Yorkshire. Four pieces of printed ephemera...

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Horse Breeding in Yorkshire. Four pieces of printed ephemera, mid-19th c, advertising the studs Neptune, to cover this season, 1840 [...], At £1 5s each Mare [...], Robert Rudd, Groom, letterpress-printed card with the horse's pedigree, 11.3 x 7.2cm; Cleveland Shortlegs, The property of Mr. Thomas Groves, Plumpton Hall, near Harrogate and Knaresbro', late of Manor House, Nun Monkton, near York. Will Serve Mares This Season, 1852. At £1 5s each Mare, and 2s 6d the Groom's fee, letterpress printed on card, wood-engraved vignette, decorative carmine border, 13.7 x 9.2cm; another for the same horse owner, The Flying Stag, 1853, letter-press printed on paper, York: T. Houlgate, Printer, 9.4 x 14cm; That High-Bred Roadster Stallion Merrylegs, The Property of H.C.W. Mitchell, Headingley, nr. Leeds, Will serve Mares this season, at Two Sovereigns each, And 2s 6d the Groom, n.d., letterpress-printed paper, wood-engraved vignette, red border, 15.6 x 12.6cm; Roland and Flying Stag's Route, (If Health Permit) [...], letterpress on paper, rounded rectangular, 9.5 x 13.6cm; and a Victorian trade card, J. Wood, Saddler & Harness Maker, Horsforth, inscribed in manuscript, 9 x 6.4cm, (6)

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