George Stubbs - Anatomy of the Horse 1938

George Stubbs - The Anatomy of the Horse - Heywood Hill, London 1938 - Brown Boards and Cloth. lettering in Gilt on brown leather on spine. In very good condition, small stains front as seen on cover, but rare to find , none on Abe etc at time of writing. Something for every library and a large book. 12 double-page plates, and 24 full page plates, folio, paper covered boards, brown cloth to spine and either side. A lifetimes passion of George Stunbb's, in the words of Sir Alfred Munnings ''The most unique thing of its kind ever compiled''. It includes full descriptions of the Bones, Cartiliages, Muscles, Fascias, Ligaments, Nerves, Arteries, Veins and Glands. We last sold this as Lot 239, 20th Nov 2007, Graham Budd, Sothebys for £800 and the book is becoming harder to get hold of.

46 cms by 30.5 cms

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