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    Woodcut of a horse’s head in profile with muscles, arteries and bones of the skull exposed.

    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

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    Title page in Italian in red and black ink and large woodcut printer’s device.
    Anatomia del Cauallo, Infermità, et Suoi Rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618

    This work was a milestone in veterinary publishing, not least for its amazingly well drafted woodcut images of equine anatomy which were clearly influenced by human anatomical works published in the decades before. The work was published over and over again, and its images and text were often plagiarized, including the many errors to be found in the first edition.

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    Woodcut anatomical illustration of a standing horse in profile showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.
    “Horse Muscle Figure” from Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut anatomical illustration of a horse viewed from the front showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut anatomical illustration of a horse viewed from behind showing exposed musculature in a landscape with stars.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of the muscles and bones of a horse’s head, from the front.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of a horse’s hindquarters with muscles and arteries exposed
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of the dissection of a horse on its back with two human hands pulling open the abdominal cavity showing internal organs.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of the dissection of a female horse on its back with open abdominal cavity showing internal organs, especially the intestines and a placenta.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of two horse skulls, both facing forward with the brain of the horse on the right exposed, both horses bridled together decoratively.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of two horse skulls, one facing left with jawbone attached the other facing right without jawbone.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618
    Woodcut of three sets of horse neck vertebrae, tied together decoratively with tasseled cords as though hanging.
    Anatomia del cauallo, infermità, et suoi rimedii by Carlo Ruini, 1618