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Cassell's The Book of the Horse

Original wood engravings from circa 1870-1875.

For the beautiful color prints (chromolithographs) from The Book of the Horse please click here

Sheet size varies and is listed below image thumbnails.
The paper appears more toned in the scans below, it is actually a nice creamy, aged color.

These are original antique prints over 150 years old. We do NOT sell reproductions.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW

Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Walking
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7 x 5 inches
text verso
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Trotting
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Weight Carrier—Very Clever
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 5.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Good Start
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 4.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Horse for Stag-Hounds
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Lady's Hunter
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 5.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Driving a Pair
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 5.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Water Jump
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 5.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Light-Weight Hunter
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 4.5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Anglo-Arab Stallion
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 4.5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
The Huntsman's Horse, Leicestershire
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
The Unknown
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 6 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Breton Mares by a Percheron Sire
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 4.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Dervish, an Arabian Horse
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 4.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Edmond
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 4.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Orlando, Winner of the Derby in 1844
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 4.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Coach-Horse, A.D. 1780, Docked and Cropped
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 8 x 5.5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A Trotter in Harness (1790)
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.75 x 4.75 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A White Hanoverian Leader
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 4 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Pair of Parisian Barouche Horses
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.75 x 5 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Cleveland Bay State Carriage-Horse
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.25 x 4 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Not the Sort for Rotten Row
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 4.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Brougham Horse
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 4.25 inches
text verso
$29.95
Antique equestrian prints
(Click image to enlarge.
The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
Brougham
original wood engraving from
Cassell's "The Book of the Horse" circa 1870-1875
Sheet size (approximately): 7.5 x 4.25 inches
text verso
$29.95

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For the beautiful color prints (chromolithographs) from The Book of the Horseplease click here

Antique Sporting Prints