Lot n° 162
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
HORSES: set of 2 drawings, 2 engravings. Race program from T - Lot 162
HORSES: set of 2 drawings, 2 engravings. Race program from Tremblay in 1932. Two receipts from a racing club (1900 and 1920). Letter on letterhead dated Ventôse, Year 4, regarding the number of horses assigned to various duties. Larousse plate. Certificate of registration for a horse (1937), 3 laws (1790/2: stallions, stud farms, use of emigrants’ horses). 5 decrees of the National Convention (1793: horse feed, horses not used in agriculture, exemption of courier horses from requisition, conscription of horses, followed by horses and mules). 8 circulars (1794 to 1810: census, payment, conscription, sick horses, artillery horses, census of fine horses to improve the breed...). Veterinary bill from 1823. Two letters on letterhead (1796 and 1799: fodder). 7 ordinances, laws, and decrees (1806 to 1848: stud farms, research, disease, breeding, training), and finally a certificate of retirement (1900). A 4-page circular and advertisement for an equine veterinary treatment, “Beaufort’s anti-putrefactive water,” from the period 1792–95. Circular reporting the theft of two horses (detailed descriptions provided, Year 8). Two documents regarding late payment for requisitioned horses in 1817 and 1818. Total of 44 documents.
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