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Bridleways Through History by Lady Apsley with 45 sketches and 14 full-page drawings by Lionel Edwards, R.I. pub 1936 second impression. 391 pages plus index, hardcover green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, good condition, ffep shows signs of use by spine but ok,_x000d_
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The author talks of the history of hunting, and also has alot of information on side saddle riding. The authors sole intention is to do a little directing towards the bridleways in places where I have myself enjoyed a hunt. The books chapters titles are as follows: The Beginning, Xenophon and the Greek Ideals, Charlemagne: The connecting Link, William the Conqueror and the Norman Kings, The Crusaders: and the Influence of the East, Gaston de Foix and His Livre de Chasse, Four womon of the Renaissance: Anne of France: Margaret of Austria: Diane d Poitiers: Isabella of Spain, The Royal Hounds of France and “La Chasse Royale”, In Shakespear’s England, The Riding Schools of Europe, The Horses of the Stuarts, The Squires of England._x000d_
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