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The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

Title
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.) / translated from the German by Gerhard F. Probst.
Author
Kikkuli, active approximately 1350 B.C.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : Keeneland Association Library, c1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Probst, Gerhard F.
  • Potratz, Johannes A. H., 1906-
  • Whitesel, Carolyn.
  • Ruff, Sallie.
  • Hammer, Carolyn Reading.
  • Keeneland Library (Lexington, Ky.)
  • King Library Press. prt
Description
14 folded sheets ([3], xl, 4 p., [13] leaves of plates (2 folded)) : ill.; 26 x 12 cm.
Subject
  • Horses > Training > Early works to 1800
  • Driving of horse-drawn vehicles > Early works to 1800
Note
  • "125 numbered copies"--T.p. verso.
  • Translation of the Hittite work known from its principal author's name as the Kikkuli text, from the German version of Johannes A.H. Potratz, published in Das Pferd in der Frühzeit (1938).
  • "Illustrated by Carolyn Whitesel and printed at the King Library Press, University of Kentucky, by Sallie Ruff; designed by Carolyn Hammer"--T.p. verso.
  • Comprises folded sheet with title page information and dedication ([3] p. at beginning); translation (p. i-xl), in folded sheets numbered I-X; 2 folded sheets, each containing a triple-page ill.; and folded sheet captioned "Notes" (p. 1-4). Each folder but the first has a leaf of plates at beginning.
  • Printed in red and black.
  • Issued in black cloth portfolio with white paper spine label and mounted ill. on front cover; unattached black cord tie with wooden bead.
Call Number
*KP (King Library) 06-221
LCCN
80493804
OCLC
6787412
Author
Kikkuli, active approximately 1350 B.C.
Title
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.) / translated from the German by Gerhard F. Probst.
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : Keeneland Association Library, c1977.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. 115.
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Added Author
Probst, Gerhard F.
Potratz, Johannes A. H., 1906-
Whitesel, Carolyn. Illustrator
Ruff, Sallie. Printer
Hammer, Carolyn Reading. Book designer
Keeneland Library (Lexington, Ky.)
King Library Press. Printer
Research Call Number
*KP (King Library) 06-221
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