[Württemberg Stud] - Jäger, August. Das orientalische Pferd und das Privat-Gestüte Seiner Majestät des Königs von Württemberg.

€ 1,500.00

First edition. A fine specimen of German hippologic literature on the Arabian horse. The frontispiece shows the Klein-Hohenheim stud, the plates depict the finest Arabian horses bred there. Contains chapters on Arabian horses and the history of horse breeding in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 19th century, as well as an extensive history of the Royal private stud in Württemberg. Founded by King Wilhelm I in 1817, the stud is still famous as the oldest breeding programme of Arabian horses outside Arabia.

In the original, prettily giltstamped binding.