Anatomy improv'd and illustrated with regard to the uses thereof in designing / intended originally for ye use of the Royal French Academy of Painting and Sculpture; and carried on under the care and inspection of Charles Errard; the dissections made by Bero. Genga; the explanations and indexes added by John Maria Lancissi.

Author/creator Genga, Bernardino
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Republished by John Senex, 1723.
Description59 leaves : 42 illustrations ; 47 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorErrard, Charles, 1606-1689.
Other author/creatorLancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720.
Other author/creatorGucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725.
Other author/creatorAccademia di Francia (Rome, Italy)
Spine title Genga's anatomy improved and illustrated
Local noteLaupus-Library's copy includes bookplate of Richard Prime.
General noteSubtitle: Not only laid down from an examen of the bones and muscles of the human body, but also demonstrated and exemplified from the most celebrated antique statues in Rome : exhibited in a great number of copper plates, with all the figures in various views.
General note"First published at Rome by Dom. di Rossi, and now re-engraven by the ablest hands in England."
General noteThe plates are included in the foliation and also numbered I-XLII. Engraved throughout.
General noteNineteen of the plates are signed: M V dr Gucht sculp. Four other engravings are signed by different engravers. The rest are unsigned.
General note"A list of the subscribers names": last leaf.
General noteIncludes index.

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Laupus History Collection - Oversize - Does not circulate WZ 260 G329A 1723 ✔ Available