![RUINI, Carlo (ca. 1530-1598). Anatomia del cavallo [Bound with:] Infermitá del cavallo, e suoi rimedi. Venice: Fioravante Prati, 1618. 2 works in one volume, 2° (307 x 210mm). Titles in red and black, 64 full page woodcuts, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Spotting and staining heavier at beginning and end, repairs to title, last quire remounted and repaired.) Later quarter calf (a few scuff marks, extremities lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0223_000(ruini_carlo_anatomia_del_cavallo_bound_with_infermita_del_cavallo_e_su012403).jpg?w=1)
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RUINI, Carlo (ca. 1530-1598). Anatomia del cavallo [Bound with:] Infermitá del cavallo, e suoi rimedi. Venice: Fioravante Prati, 1618. 2 works in one volume, 2° (307 x 210mm). Titles in red and black, 64 full page woodcuts, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Spotting and staining heavier at beginning and end, repairs to title, last quire remounted and repaired.) Later quarter calf (a few scuff marks, extremities lightly rubbed).
Fourth edition, only 2 copies recorded in Italian libraries (SBN online). Ruini's work, first published in Bologna in 1598, was the first book devoted exclusively to the structure of an animal other than man. Although republished until 1769, the early editions are rare. Graesse VI, 191; Wellcome 5625; Norman Library 1858 (1598 edition).
Fourth edition, only 2 copies recorded in Italian libraries (SBN online). Ruini's work, first published in Bologna in 1598, was the first book devoted exclusively to the structure of an animal other than man. Although republished until 1769, the early editions are rare. Graesse VI, 191; Wellcome 5625; Norman Library 1858 (1598 edition).