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[[postfree1horse]] HAMPSON & SCOTT (COMPILERS) / EQUINE ALBUM ( THE CATALOGUE OF HAMPSON & SCOTT, WHOLESALE SADDLERY MANUFACTURERS, WALSALL ) ♦ £450 Postfree-By-Airmail Worldwide ♦ [
, Equine Album ( the catalogue of Hampson & Scott, Wholesale Saddlery Manufacturers, Walsall ).]
Exhaustive trade catalogue produced by
Hampson & Scott of Walsall; this exemplar, as
shown by gilt stamping on front board, distributed by J. Taylor,
Saddler of Patricroft; though no date of publication but,
as detailed below this is 1900 or very shortly thereafter.
Olive-green quarter-leather HARDBACK. Boards and preliminary pages in
only "Good/Fair" condition but main text and illustrations
in "Good Plus" or better condition. Totally intact; no illustrations
have been clipped-out, as is refrettably so
often the case with other examples infrequently offered for sale.Xii +
254 + 2 + X pages crammed with fascinating equine imagery.
FULLEST DETAILS of contents, condition, size in both inches and
centimetres, and sample text & illustrations
are all clearly shown in SEVERAL FULL-SIZED DIGITAL IMAGES.
Though a HEAVY ITEM, sold as always entirely POSTFREE-BY-AIRMAIL
WORLDWIDE.
One of Victorian Walsall`s leading manufacturers of lorinery and
saddlery,
the firm [of Hampson & Scott] is probably best remembered today for
the production of the
splendid Equine Album, one of the most comprehensive catalogues of
horse-
related products ever published.
The firm claimed to have been established in 1794 by a Mr Birch., bit
maker
to the Prince of Wales (later King George IV). It was later acquired
by two
employees, James Hampson and John Scott, who moved the business to
Whittimere Street in 1876. In 1890 the site was cleared and an
impressive
new factory, the Clarence Works, was erected in its place- complete
with
the latest telephonic requirements and a tearoom for the employees
(sadly this building was demolished in 1988).
The firm`s most impressive memorial is the celebrated Equine Album.
The
Album is undated, but it described as almost ready for publication in
September 1900. `Saddlery and Harness` magazine commented "we can
safely say we have never seen a more complete work as illustrative of
the
saddler`s requirements than this". In addition to a huge range of
saddlery,
bits, stirrups and spurs of all kinds, the catalogue includes such
items as
horse brushes, dung baskets, and conditioning powders. Some of these
items
were probably produced by other manufacturers on behalf of Hampson and
Scott, but it is nevertheless a remarkable publication, reflecting
Walsall`s
role as the great international centre for the supply of `everything
for the
horse`[information obtained from Walsall's local government site.]
***** An equine classic which is exceedingly scarce in any condition.
Not in the British Library collection.*****
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