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
Complete works of BUFFON
Birds Volume 6 with 21 colour plates
published in 1826
Nouveaux élémens de Botanique
Antique botanic book of 1828 - Achille RICHARD
Complete works of BUFFON
Birds Volume 9 with 23 colour plates
published in 1829
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
Antique illustrated pharmacopoeia - 1760
Abrégé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles - 1782 - By Chomel
Summary of the history of common plants
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
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.
Encyclopédie Pratique d'Electricité - Practical Encyclopedia of Electricity
Librairie QUILLET - 1937 - Volume 1
With 5 removable boards
The binding is damaged
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1890
Volume 1
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Histoire Naturelle des Drogues Simples (Natural History of Simple Drugs)
Volume 2: Botany
By Guibourt - Antique Book circa 1860
The Anatomy by Heister
Complete with its 14 folding boards at the end of the book
Published in 1735
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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.
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
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
