HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD. By Ugo Mochi and T. Donald Carter.

(1953) 1974 1st UK edition. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxx,268. Illustrated throughout with Mochi's wonderful silhouettes, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

"Three hundred species and subspecies of hoofed mammals are vividly portrayed and expertly described in this unique natural history. Although hoofed mammals are the most important animals in the world as far as man is concerned, they have never before all been represented in one volume. The authoritative text, written by a man personally familiar with many of the animals in their natural habitat, describes the mammals with beautiful simplicity, absolute precision, and enormous interest. The unusual illustrations by Ugo Mochi, each cut out of a single piece of paper with a knife, have been acclaimed as far superior to almost all other types of animal pictures. Ranging from a tiny mouse deer to a hippopotamus, they capture the form and beauty of every species in amazing detail."