MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810). The Genealogy of the English Race Horse, London, 1810, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contmporary or original paper-backed boards. Provenance: "GLOUCESTER" (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.

MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810).  The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural History of his Progenitors, from the Earliest Times down to the Period when Foreign Blood was First Introduced into this Kingdom ... To which is added, the General Practice of the most judicious Breeders, whereby they have Improved & Perfected our Breed of Blood Horses So as to have acquired a decided Pre-eminence and Superiority in the essential Points of Size, Strength, Beauty, Speed, Bottom, &c. &c. over those of Other Countries. London: Printed by J. Barfield, 1810. 8vo  (230 x 150mm). Engraved frontispiece by Cosmo Armstrong after I. Ward of "Eagle, the finest Horse ever seen and was [sic] the speediest Horse at Newmarket" (some dark spots at upper margins of a few leaves not effecting letters, some very light staining). Contemporary or original paper-backed blue paper boards, uncut (spine and corners rubbed). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Countess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021); "GLOUCESTER" (crowned armorial bookplate); some old inconspicuous annotation to p.130 and p.135; "Very scarce fine uncut copy" (later pencil inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Not in Huth, although, confusingly, on p.80, the bibliographer cites a work of 1811 attributed to one George Hanby Morland with a similar title ("The Genealogy of the English Racer from the earliest times, to the Period of the Introduction of Foreign Blood into England ...").