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Cruveilhier, Jean and Pietro Banchelli · Florence
- Author
- Cruveilhier, Jean and Pietro Banchelli
- Date
- 1843
- Place
- Florence
- Publisher
- Vincenzo Batelli
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 59 pp. With 230 lithographed plates (1 folding), 166 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations by Antoine Chazal. (Folio) 45x32 cm (17¾x12½"), calf-backed marbled boards tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, all edges speckled blue. First Italian Edition. Rubbing and wear to calf with slight crack at foot of rear joint, bump to lower right corner affecting several leaves and plates within, bump at fore-edge of front board; minor dampstaining and foxing in lower margin of some plates; very good or better overall considering the lovely condition of the plates.
- Format
- First published in France by J. B. Bailliere and issued in fascicles (1829–1842) as Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain. Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1874) was a French anatomist and pathologist. "The fine hand-coloured lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind" Garrison-Morton 2286 (for the 1829-42 original French edition).
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.4795
Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano (trans: General Atlas of the Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body). Cruveilhier, Jean and Pietro Banchelli. 1843. Florence: Vincenzo Batelli. 59 pp. With 230 lithographed plates (1 folding), 166 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations by Antoine Chazal. (Folio) 45x32 cm (17¾x12½"), calf-backed marbled boards tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, all edges speckled blue. First Italian Edition. Rubbing and wear to calf with slight crack at foot of rear joint, bump to lower right corner affecting several leaves and plates within, bump at fore-edge of front board; minor dampstaining and foxing in lower margin of some plates; very good or better overall considering the lovely condition of the plates. First published in France by J. B. Bailliere and issued in fascicles (1829–1842) as Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain. Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1874) was a French anatomist and pathologist. "The fine hand-coloured lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind" Garrison-Morton 2286 (for the 1829-42 original French edition).
Condition
Good
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