MUYBRIDGE EADWEARD Animal Locomotion An Electro Photographic

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SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD<>
Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1872-85.<> With 20 collotype plates on two-toned mounts, each with Muybridge's credit, plate number, and copyright. Elephant folio, rebound morocco, with the original gilt-lettered title label; expertly restored with original spine laid down; margins of plates foxed (not affecting most of the images). author's edition.<> Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1887

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The first presentation of Muybridge's work in book form in which he selected 20 plates depicting both human and animal locomotion, each bearing the printed notation "Author's Edition." His inscription, which appears on the title page, reads: "With the Warm Esteem of The Author, 31 March 1890." The volume includes plate numbers: 3, 133, 152, 174, 187, 214, 279, 289, 347, 408, 465, 471, 565, 616, 626, 647, 659, 710, 721, 739, and 755. <