The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Purser for the author, 1766.
Physical Description:
[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Folio B 2011 40Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Errata slip mounted on leaf at end.Signatures: pi a A-2A (2A verso blank).English short title catalogue, T147211Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 57Huth, F.H. Works on horses and equitation, 42Selected exhibitions: "'The Compleat Horseman': Sporting Books from the Bequest of Paul Mellon" (Yale Center for British Art, 17 February-29 April, 2001).BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Owner's label of "Mrs. Bradshaw" on front cover.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
