Original Dams of the English Thorough-bred manuscript translation
Scope and Contents
Hand copied translation by unknown translator of Die Stamm-Muetter des Englischen Vollblutpferdes, second edition (Hamburg, 1891) by Hermann Goos. English translation is bound with printed German copy, as well as three newspaper issues on the topic of horseracing. Two of these newspapers are issues of the Berlin publication Sport-Welt, dating from 22 December 1893 and 6 February 1896.
Dates
- Creation: 1891 - 1896
Language of Materials
English and German.
Biographical Note
Hermann Goos was the author of Die Stamm-Muetter des Englischen Vollblutpferdes, which was first published in 1885. He issued a second edition of this book in 1891. The volume is one of the earliest scientific studies of breeding thoroughbred racehorse mares.
Source: Materials within collection.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (1 volume)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2017-0122 Purchased 7 June 2017. Marion duPont Scott Fund.
Topical
- Title
- Original Dams of the English Thorough-bred manuscript translation
- Author
- Tanner Greene
- Date
- 5 March 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States