This superb book, first published in 1896, ranks as one of the finest general studies in animal anatomy. It offers the artist & designer, as well as the naturalist, a comprehensive & detailed study of animal anatomy. Taking as his main interest the living, moving animal & the mechanisms of motion, author Ernest Thompson describes & illustrates with detailed drawings general animal features such as hair, skin folds, nerves, glands, ligaments, & tendons. He then discusses general principles by a comprehensive study of the dog, & continues with other species such as the horse, giraffe, buffalo, lion, sparrow, & peacock.