[A comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl. Pt. I] / [George Stubbs].

London : [The author], 1804]

[1 volume], 10 plates ; (folio)

No t.p. or text. Contains plates i-v with key figures. Watermarks on plates i-ii and iv and keys i-ii dated 1801. Six pts. projected but only pts. i-iii, containing plates i-xv without text, appeared in Stubb's lifetime (1804-06). The same plates, with a version of the text, were published by E. Orme, London, 1817.

Copy 1 Note: Stubbs's original drawings and his MS. of the text (differing from the published version) are in the Free Public Library, Worcester, Mass. see Arts Council of Great Britain 'George Stubbs, rediscovered anatomical drawings', London, 1958; T. Doherty 'the anatomical works of George Stubbs', London, 1974; J. Egerton 'George Stubbs, anatomist and animal painter', Tate Gallery, London, 1976.