Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob
Anatomie de L'Homme (The Anatomy of Man) - by Dr Bourgery and the illustrator Jacob
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of Nutrition - Angelology - Organs of Circulation and Respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
The title page is missing but published around 1845
The lithographs were printed by Imprimerie Benard et Frey in Paris.
L'Anatomie de L'Homme is the monumental work of Dr Bourgery, who spent the last 15 years of his life working on it: Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant l'anatomie chirurgicale et la médecine opératoire.
Unanimously recognised for the finesse of its drawings by the anatomist Professor Jacob, a pupil of the famous painter of the Revolution, David.
In total, this work is illustrated with 725 folio-sized lithographed plates in sixteen volumes, eight volumes of text with 2108 pages, and eight volumes of plates with 3750 individual figures. Eighty issues were published between 1831 and 1854, the last volume being published posthumously.
Volume 4 contains 90 plates out of the original 91; plate 25 is missing.
The lithographs are always preceded by their nomenclature.
Good condition of the lithographs. Some foxing.
folio: 44x33cm
Extremely heavy! Weight: 4.4Kg
Bound in contemporary half leather.
The boards are rubbed, the corners dulled and missing, the spine is detached at the top.
Complete works of BUFFON
Mammals Volume 8 with 37 colour plates
published in 1826
Nouveaux élémens de Botanique
Antique botanic book of 1828 - Achille RICHARD
Histoire Naturelle des Drogues Simples (Natural History of Simple Drugs)
Volume 2: Botany
By Guibourt - Antique Book circa 1860
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Complete works of BUFFON
Birds Volume 9 with 23 colour plates
published in 1829
Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé
From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation
Published in 1866
Lithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1890
Volume 1
Encyclopédie Pratique d'Electricité - Practical Encyclopedia of Electricity
Librairie QUILLET - 1937 - Volume 1
With 5 removable boards
The binding is damaged
Abrégé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles - 1782 - By Chomel
Summary of the history of common plants
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin
From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)
Published in 1867-1870
Chromolithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1892
Volume 8
The leather on the spine of the binding is cracked, see photos
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - 1753
Antique and Illustrated Pharmacopoeia
By Moyse CHARAS
This book contains all the plants, minerals and animals that went to make up the remedies used in those days. Some of them are quite surprising to our modern eyes.
L'Albert Moderne ou nouveaux secrets éprouvées et licites - Grimoire book of 1768
by Pons Augustin Alletz
Published by Veuve Duchesne, Bookseller rue St Jacques, Au temple du Goût
Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob
