first edition Hardcover
1896 · London
by Seton, Ernest Thompson
London: Macmillan, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 96 pages. Folio, 38 x 27 cm. Author's first book with 100 drawings by him. Index. As the author notes in his introduction, "There have been great genre painters who did not study anatomy, but there has never been a famous "animalier" who did not. Tipped-in at rear, "Magazine of Art" article on anatomical nature casts. Chipping at spine extremities and corners, back board with two narrow gauge penetrations not affecting images, small stain lower fore-edge of title page not affecting text. (Inventory #: 16292)