First edition of the first anatomical atlas to be illustrated by lithography.
300 plates
CLOQUET, Jules Germain. Anatomie de l'Homme.
Paris, Imprimerie lithographique de C. de Lasteyrie, Imprimerie de Rignoux [Vols. 1-2], Imprimerie lithographique de M. Engelmann et Compagnie, chez M. le Comte de Lasteyrie, Imprimerie de A. Belin [Vols. 3-5], 1821-1831.
6000 €
Five volumes, folio (52x34.7 cm), Title-158/Title, [159]-322/Title, [325]-504/Title, [505]-656/Title, 2 (preface), [657]-775 pages and 300 lithographed plates.
illustration: P1 : plates 1 to 56
P2 : plates 57 to 116,
P3 : plates 117 to186,
P4 : plates 187 to 258
P5 : plates 259 to 300.
binding: Contemporary quarter sheep, flat spine, title and volume number in gilt on lettering-pieces.
Foxing. Light waterstains on the last pages of Part 4. Binding slightly rubbed.
"The first anatomical atlas to be illustrated by lithography, containing 300 plates in folio format. This was probably the most elaborate of the lithographic "incunabula" produced by de Lasteyrie, on of the pioneer lithographers in France. Cloquet was professor of clinical surgery, Paris" (Garisson & Morton)
"The first four volumes of the set are devoted to osteology, myology, neurology, and angiology, respectively. The final volume covers both spanchnology and embryology." (Heirs of Hippocrates)
First edition.
references: Garisson & Morton [409], Heirs of Hippocrates [1470 : "magnificent atlas"].
