Collection of 9 very rare ephemeral prints concerning horses in Flanders.

Various formats.

In good condition.

1. Aenmerckinghe over de contagieuse sieckte die regneert onder de Peerden ende Hoorne-Beesten. Brussels, G. Fricx, 1732 (printed Roermond, Ophoven, s.d.). Broadsheet, 42 x 32 cm (folded). Woodcut ill. of a silver scraper to remove ulcers from the animal's tongue. - 2. Reglement van policie raeckende de hengsten binnen den Lande van den Vryen. Bruges, J. Van Praet, 1775. Folio: 21-[3 bl.] pp. Contemp. blue wrappers. - 3. "Signalement" concerning a stolen "Merrie-Peirdt" in the night of 17 July 1776, from one Philippus van der Bauwhede, farmer at Brielen near Ypres. Broadsheet, 21 x 21 cm. - 4-5. Message from the mayor and aldermen of Bruges, signalling the theft of 2 horses in the night of 23 September 1782, "om, indien de zelve onder U-E. Ressort quamen te schuylen, zoo de beryders als de gemelde Peerden te doen arresteren en ons daer part van te geven". Dated Bruges, 24/09/1782 and signed "d'Hooghe de Gauguerie". 4to: 1-[3 bl.] pp. With an added "Signalement" concerning the same theft, describing the 2 stolen animals. Broadsheet, 29,5 x 18,5 cm. - 6. Document from Prefect Chaban of the Dyle department to his mayors, 30 November 1807. Concerning a census of mares in the department, with a view to centralised breeding of horses in the depot of Tervuren. 4to: 3-[1 bl.] pp. - 7. Reglement op de paarden fokkery, in de provintie Antwerpen. Antw., H.P. Vander Hey, 1822. Broadsheet, 56 x 45 cm (folded). - 8. Vente publique de chevaux et poulains au Haras de Cambron, le jeudi 26 avril 1849 [...] à la requête de Madame la Comtesse Duval de Beaulieu, née Vicomtesse Du Toict d'Ackelghem, propriétairre à Attre. Mons, Masquillier et Lamir, 1849. Broadsheet on blue paper, 45 x 36 cm (folds). With ms. prices. - 9. Certificat constatant la saillie de la jument signaleé ci-après : [...]. Haras de l'état, 1857. For a mare belonging to Mechelen owner Joseph Van Nieuwenhuyzen. 26 x 21 cm.