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STUBBS, George (1724-1806). The Anatomy of the Horse. London: J. Purser for the author, 1766 [plates watermarked 1798].
Oblong imperial broadsheets (463 x 575 mm). Without the errata leaf at end. 24 finely engraved plates drawn and engraved by Stubbs (first plate laid down, some offsetting to images, soiling and some marginal browning, final plate creased). (Title-page, to the Reader leaf, and final text leaf laid down, some other repairs, marginal browning and soiling.) Later maroon half morocco, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Maud Raymond (gift inscription from her father dated 1885 on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK WORK IN THE STUDY OF EQUINE ANATOMY. Using the method devised by Albinus (see lot 241), Stubbs accurately reproduced the skeleton and musculature to produce the first comprehensive study of the anatomy of the horse since Carlo Ruini's Dell'anatomica, et dell'infirmita del cavallo (1598). Stubbs prepared his own dissections, keeping each carcass in his studio for up to six or seven weeks. Unable to find engravers willing to prepare his drawings for publication, he taught himself to etch and personally engraved the plates himself. Garrison-Morton 308.1; Mellon, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 57; Nissen ZBI 4027; Norman 2032.
Oblong imperial broadsheets (463 x 575 mm). Without the errata leaf at end. 24 finely engraved plates drawn and engraved by Stubbs (first plate laid down, some offsetting to images, soiling and some marginal browning, final plate creased). (Title-page, to the Reader leaf, and final text leaf laid down, some other repairs, marginal browning and soiling.) Later maroon half morocco, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Maud Raymond (gift inscription from her father dated 1885 on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK WORK IN THE STUDY OF EQUINE ANATOMY. Using the method devised by Albinus (see lot 241), Stubbs accurately reproduced the skeleton and musculature to produce the first comprehensive study of the anatomy of the horse since Carlo Ruini's Dell'anatomica, et dell'infirmita del cavallo (1598). Stubbs prepared his own dissections, keeping each carcass in his studio for up to six or seven weeks. Unable to find engravers willing to prepare his drawings for publication, he taught himself to etch and personally engraved the plates himself. Garrison-Morton 308.1; Mellon, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 57; Nissen ZBI 4027; Norman 2032.