ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770) Tables of the Skeleto... - photo 1
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ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770) Tables of the Skeleto...

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03.11.2020 14:30UTC +02:00
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ID 420887
Lot 9 | ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770) Tables of the Skeleto...
ALBINUS, Bernard Siegfried (1697-1770). Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body. London : John and Paul Knapton, 1749 - A Compleat System of the Blood-Vessels and Nerves. London : John and Paul Knapton, 1750.



Premières éditions anglaises, parues deux ans après l’édition latine donnée par Verbeek à Leyde. « The splendid series of 40 large copperplates (…) were drawn and engraved by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759). They established a new standard in anatomical illustration, and remain unsurpassed for their artistic beauty and scientific accuracy » (Garrison-Morton). Pour l’édition anglaise, les planches furent regravées par Ravenet en conservant leur qualité artistique. Les Tables sont suivies du Compleat System of the Blood-Vessels and Nerves, du même et illustré de 11 planches gravées par Muller. Le rhinocéros présent en arrière-plan sur deux magnifiques planches est la première représentation de l’animal d’après un modèle vivant, arrivé au zoo d’Amsterdam en 1741. Exemplaire à grandes marges. Garrison-Morton, 399 (pour l’édition de 1747) ; Brunet, I, 143 (idem) ; Norman, I, 29 (idem).



In-plano (688 x 500 mm). 2 titres avec vignettes gravées, 40 planches et 11 planches. Reliure de l’époque : veau brun, dos lisse à beau décor doré (planche 1 rognée un peu court en marge inférieure gauche, quelques rousseurs et mouillures sans gravité).

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