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Myotomia Reformata: An Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, Illustrated With Figures After the Life
by Cowper, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio (450 x 315 mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, double-page engraved table, and 64 engraved plates (of 67; lacking plates 19, 20 and 25), diagrams, head- and tail-pieces and initials. Early calf, rebacked, edges renewed, old calf boards laid in. Browning to edges, a few short tears and minor chipping. Plates 21 and 22 torn, plate 21 and text page 135/136 torn with loss of paper at bottom, not affecting text or image. First folio edition, remarkable not only for the quality of the large plates but for "the ingenious historiated initials wittily decorated with myotomical motifs" (Norman). First appearing in 1694 in an octavo edition with only 10 plates, it was brought into this richly illustrated folio form by Richard Mead (1673-1754) after Cowper's death, using plates by Michiel van der Gucht (1660-1725), some after drawings by Rubens and Raphael. Choulant-Frank, p 253; Garrison-Morton-Norman 392.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 723; Norman 530; Osler 2384; Russell 210; Wellcome II, p 401. Rare..
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- Bookseller
- Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003765
- Title
- Myotomia Reformata: An Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, Illustrated With Figures After the Life
- Author
- Cowper, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1724
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- anatomy
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Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
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About the Seller
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Biblio member since 2015
Kingston, Ontario
About Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller specializes in illustrated books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular interests include natural history, French Modernism, Japanese craft and aesthetics, early anatomy books, fine press and bindings.
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