Arlene
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I don't know how many others are history buffs, but I am so I thought I would share this book from 1911 that is now online.
It is by The Hon. Mrs. Neville Lytton and I find this woman put a great effort into actually researching and finding evidense of the beginnings of the Toy Breeds.
She especially concentrates on the Toy Spaniels and has some fascinating pictures of the earliest dogs included in the book.
In one part of the book she mentions that the Toy Spaniel of King Charles II was different than the Toy Spaniel of King Charles I - and she believed this was because of the influence of spaniels imported from the East. She believed wholeheartedly there were two kinds of small spaniels in Europe - those bred small from sporting spaniels, and those that came from the East. They all ended up mixed to create the toy breeds we see today.
I find that really interesting because I know a Japanese Chin (Spaniel) breeder who says that there is record of Catherine of Braganza - (the bride of King Charles II), receiving Japanese Spaniels as trade gifts from the Emporer before her marriage. Portugal was introduced to this breed in the 1600s when they were the first Japanese trading partner. I haven't been able to find anything to confirm this except for mention of it online by others interested in that breed.
Anyway, I find the whole topic fascinating - so much is a mystery.
This sight has links to the book for anyone else who might like the read.
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/englishtoy.html
Or you can directly click below (if the links work on this post).
I find clicking on the chapters one at a time saves my impatience
with download time.
Chapter 2, Origin and History, pages 13-60
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD_Origin-chap2.pdf
Chapter 3, The King Charles and the Pyrame, pages 61-85
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD-Pyrame-chap.pdf
The Entire Volume, (345 pages and a longer download)
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD_Book-1911.pdf
Enjoy!
Arlene and her three.
It is by The Hon. Mrs. Neville Lytton and I find this woman put a great effort into actually researching and finding evidense of the beginnings of the Toy Breeds.
She especially concentrates on the Toy Spaniels and has some fascinating pictures of the earliest dogs included in the book.
In one part of the book she mentions that the Toy Spaniel of King Charles II was different than the Toy Spaniel of King Charles I - and she believed this was because of the influence of spaniels imported from the East. She believed wholeheartedly there were two kinds of small spaniels in Europe - those bred small from sporting spaniels, and those that came from the East. They all ended up mixed to create the toy breeds we see today.
I find that really interesting because I know a Japanese Chin (Spaniel) breeder who says that there is record of Catherine of Braganza - (the bride of King Charles II), receiving Japanese Spaniels as trade gifts from the Emporer before her marriage. Portugal was introduced to this breed in the 1600s when they were the first Japanese trading partner. I haven't been able to find anything to confirm this except for mention of it online by others interested in that breed.
Anyway, I find the whole topic fascinating - so much is a mystery.
This sight has links to the book for anyone else who might like the read.
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/englishtoy.html
Or you can directly click below (if the links work on this post).
I find clicking on the chapters one at a time saves my impatience
with download time.
Chapter 2, Origin and History, pages 13-60
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD_Origin-chap2.pdf
Chapter 3, The King Charles and the Pyrame, pages 61-85
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD-Pyrame-chap.pdf
The Entire Volume, (345 pages and a longer download)
http://csl.stanford.edu/~trish/TD_Book-1911.pdf
Enjoy!
Arlene and her three.