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Title(s)
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.
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Published/Created
London : Printed by J. Purser for the author, 1766.
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Physical Description
[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2011 40
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Errata slip mounted on leaf at end.
Signatures: pi a A-2A (2A verso blank).
English short title catalogue, T147211
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 57
Huth, F.H. Works on horses and equitation, 42
Selected 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. -
Subject Terms
Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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Form/Genre
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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