A Paris: chez Demarteau Graveur du Roi rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche, [c. 1770-1775]
Physical Description
42 leaves of plates ; colour illustrations (crayon manner engravings) ; 36.5 cm.
General Note
42 full page engraved plates, including title-page and 'Avertissment'. Each leaf printed on the recto only.
The prints are printed in sanguine and engraved in the `crayon manner' by Gilles Demarteau, one of the inventors of this printing technique.
Title page and "Avertissement" included in the numbering of the plates.
Demarteau's address ("A Paris: rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche") in the imprint at the foot of each of the leaves.
At the foot of the title page: Livre 1er.
References
M. Cazort et al., The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries Of Art And Anatomy [exhibition catalogue] (1996)., Page 62.
G.D.R. Bridson and J.J. White, Plant, animal and anatomical illustration in art and science: a bibliographical guide (1990).
M. Duval and E. Cuyer, Histoire de l'anatomie plastique: les maîtres, les livres et les écorchés (1898).
Provenance
Acquired between 1802 and 1821. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1821.
Binding Note
Half-bound in brown leather over burgundy cloth boards. Burgundy spine label lettered in gold: `Monnet. Anatomy.’
Subject
Anatomy - Artistic
Human anatomy
Crayon manner engravings