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SNAPE, Andrew.

The Anatomy of an Horse. Containing an exact and full description of the frame, situation and connexion of all his parts, (with their actions and uses) exprest in forty nine copper-plates. To which is added an appendix, containing two discourses: the one, of the generation of animals; and the other, of the motion of the chyle and the circulation of the bloud.

London, by M. Flesher for the author, and are to be sold by T. Felsher, 1683.

Regular price  £7,500.00
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The Anatomy of an Horse.

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First edition of one of the earliest works on equine anatomy in the English language, illustrated with 49 handsome copperplate engravings based on the woodcuts in Carlo Ruini's Dell'anotomia et dell'infirmita del cavallo of 1598.

First edition; folio (36 x 23 cm); portrait frontispiece & 49 copper-engraved plates, small burn hole in the title slightly affecting the imprint, light spotting and toning of contents, a little heavier to the early and late leaves; contemporary speckled calf recently rebacked to style, new endpapers, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco labels, edges marbled, binding worn and scuffed, very good condition; 237 pp, plus 7 and 45 pp appendices.

Stock code 123092

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The first edition of one of the earliest works on horse anatomy in the English language, The Anatomy of an Horse by Andrew Snape, published in 1683

The Anatomy of an Horse.

Regular price  £7,500.00
Sale price  £7,500.00 Regular price 

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