Muybridge, Eadweard (Introduction by Professor Robert Taft) — The Human Figure in Motion
NY, Dover, 1955. Hardcover. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 195 plates (appx. 390 pp and 2000 individual photographs). Muybridge's 1887 eleven-volume pictorial treatise of human and animal life in motion is finally prepublished in an abridged format focusing on the Human Figure. Contents: Men. Walking ; Running ; Jumping ; Lifting and heaving ; Throwing and catching ; Kicking, batting, and rowing ; Boxing and wrestling ; Acrobatics and fencing ; Various trades ; Standing, sitting, and lying down -- Women. Walking ; Picking up and putting down ; Standing ; Hopping, jumping, climbing, and crawling ; Dancing and turning ; Throwing ; Sitting ; Kneeling -- Children. Walking and running ; Crawling and climbing ; Picking up and carrying. VG- (foxing spots on title page, dust jacket shows wear and small tears/foxing spots) .
