Horses - Mammalia AD 1870

 Salvete Omnes,

Today is August 1, and on this day Polish people commemorate the tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising 1944 - Powstanie Warszawskie 1944.

I wrote  my thoughts about this tragic historic event in some posts eg this one in 2019.
Pacem Aeternam to all those fallen.

Ad rem, back to horsing around - :) 

Mammalia - is a tittle of this book published in 1870 in NY.  It is an  'olden' book, but many horse 'facts & factoids' contianed therein stand firm still today . The book, authored by Louis Figuier  , was illustrated by French artists of the period -  Edouard Riou, De Neville and Mesnel.

The illustrations are interesting and well done, while the text is both entertaining and informative , eg about the Camarque horse (and other French breeds of the period).

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enjoy

Valete