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The largest collection of animal action photos in print. 34 different animals (horses, mules, oxen, goats, camels, pigs, cats, lions, gnus, deer, monkeys, eagles—and 22 others) In 132 characteristic actions. All 3919 photographs are taken in series at speeds up to 1/1600th of a second, offering artists, biologists, cartoonists a remarkable opportunity to see exactly how an ostrich's head bobs when running, how a lion puts his foot down, how an elephant's knee bends, how a bird flaps his wings, thousands of other hard-to-catch details.
"A really marvelous series of plates," NATURE.
380 full-pages of plates. Heavy glossy stock, reinforced binding with headbands.
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Animal locomotion: images from the Philadelphia years, 1885-1985 : a selection of collotypes from the series Animal locomotion, an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1872-1885, from the collection of the Williams College Museum of Art
1985, University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany
in English
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Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
1887, Printed by J.B. Lippincott
in English
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Animal locomotion.: An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1872-1885.
1887, Published under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania... The plates printed by the Photogravure Company of New York.
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Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements.
1887, Pennsylvania Universitty
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A reprint of the 1887 ed. published under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania with subtitle: An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements. 1872-1885.
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