A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System by John Barclay, Edinburgh: Ross and Blackwood; London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803.

"Plates I. and II. are two outlines of the skeleton in the attitude given by Albinus. They show all the aspects of the trunk and extremities except the dermal and central which are easily understood without any assistance from a figure."

"Plate III. shows the aspects of the head."

"Plate IV. fig. 1. and 3. show how the aspects of the head and trunk correspond..."

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An edition for sale on  Ebay.


A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System

A New Anatomical Nomenclature, Relating to the Terms Which Are Expressive of Position and Aspect in the Animal System. - Collectors edition



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Anatomia del Corpo Humano

Juan de Valverde published an influential book of anatomy in 1560 titled Anatomia del Corpo Humano composta pe M. Giouan Valverdedi Hamusco, & da luy con multi fugure di rame, et eruditi discorsiin luce mandata.

This book by Juan de Valverde is for sale on Ebay.com.

Additional images are available at Dream Anatomy the website of the National Library of Medicie.

From the seller's description: "Printed by Nicolo Bevilacqua in Venice, for Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafrery at Roma, 1560.

Text in Italian: translated from the original Spanish by Antonio Tabo under Valverde's personal supervision (as stated on leaf a2r). Illustrated with a fine engraved title and 42 magnificent copperplate anatomical engravings by Nicolas Beatrizet (1507?-1570?) after drawings of Gaspar Becerra (1520-1570). This exemplar is also EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 4 additional full page plates of muscles from the 1586 Giunta edition of this work, for the total of 46 plates! It was first published in Spanish at Rome in 1556, a year after the second edition of Vesalius' Fabrica (1555, 1st in 1543)."





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Bodily Extremities: Preoccupations With the Human Body in Early Modern European Culture (Early Modern History)

Antique Medical Anatomy Book

A series of prints from a 1750 medical anatomy book including, studies of the head, the human skeleton back view, human skeleton front view, human muscles, muscles of the leg, muscles of the arm, bones of the hand and bones of the foot, phrenology, a character study of a human resembling a bird, a character study of a human resembling a dog, a character study of a human resembling a pig, a character study of a human resembling an owl, studies of religious ecstasy and insanity.

Unfortunately I don't know anything about the book from which they came except for the date of 1750.










These prints are on sale on on Ebay.com.











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Here is a link to a site with more examples of antique medial books, the University of Virginis's Historical Collections: Vaulted Treasures.









Anatomy for Art Students, Painters and Sculptors