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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG book. TEG. REBOUND preserving original covers & backstrip. MISSING frontis so only 106 of 107 plates. 12"x9", Pp.127. Spine cocked 1/4". In addition to the plates, there are several in text drawings. Muybridge the photographer, though not credited in the book. Bright cover, with lettering & horse images both in gilt. Only pastedowns & eps are new. Text page margins lightly aged but the plates seem not to be s o effected. ZERO foxing, soiling, marginalia, etc. Basically the leaves are all FINE, even the tissue guards, none of which are creased from improper folding. These Muybridge photos proved for the first time that a running horse;s legs would leave the ground at the same. This is when all four hooves are gathered under the horse. Previously it was thought (if at all) it was when the fore legs were extended out front and the rear were extended back. It turned out to be the opposite. 106, of 107, plates. (illustrator).…