ANATOMY of the HORSE by George Stubbs

First published over 200 years ago this is considered one of the most important works on the subject of horse anatomy. Stubbs became one of the best know equestrian artist of his time and an important influence on sporting art. This book covers the skeletal structure from head to tail as well as muscular, nervous, circulatory, and glandular systems. All diagrams are heavily annotated so that every vein or ligament can be identified  with accompanying explanation.

This book is useful for artist, sculptors, farriers, veterinarians, breeders and horse owners.

More than 30 black and white illustrations, large format hard cover book in very good condition some shelf wear and damage to top corner of cover boards both front and back, with dust jacket with damaged top corners. All illustrations are full page or double page, 47 pages of text, illustration pages are unpaginated. First published 1938, this book is copyrighted 1990