A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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The Height of four Footed Animals, varies more in those which walk, than in those standing still; and this variety is more or less considerable, as the Animal is of a larger or less size. This is owing to the obliquity of the Legs, when they first touch the Ground; which raise the Figure of the Animal, when they come to straighten, and to stand perpendicularly on the Ground.