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CHESELDEN, William (12688-1752). Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones. London: [William Bowyer for the author?], 1733.
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CHESELDEN, William (12688-1752). Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones. London: [William Bowyer for the author?], 1733.
2o (495 x 344 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title with royal arms on verso, engraved dedication with engraved deer skeleton on verso, 25 leaves with 29 engravings (vignettes and head-pieces) in text and 112 engraved plates comprising 2 sets of 56 numbered engraved plates by Jacob Schijnvoet and Gerard van der Gucht. (Some working in the gutter margin, some dustsoiling and occasional pale foxing.) 20th-century half calf. Provenance: Seth Hosse (signature on title).
FIRST EDITION, with title vignette. 28 unsigned and unpaginated leaves, not including the first and second sets of plates. The first 28 leaves include the engraved frontispiece, engraved title with the royal arms on the verso, the engraved dedication with engraved deer skeleton on the verso, and 25 leaves of text illustrated with 44 plates and vignettes of comparative osteology. According to Russell, "nearly all" the vignettes and four of the large plates were drawn by Jacob Schijnvoet, and the remaining plates were the work of Gerard van der Gucht (1696-1776). To maximize the accuracy of the large plates of adult, fetal and pathological bones Cheselden used the camera obscura, which he was the first to employ for the purpose of book illustration. He also personally supervised the both the drawing and engraving processes. Choulant-Frank, p. 261; Garrison-Morton 395; Heirs of Hippocrates 814; Norman 466; Roberts & Tomlinson 395; Waller 1941; Wellcome II, p. 335.
2o (495 x 344 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title with royal arms on verso, engraved dedication with engraved deer skeleton on verso, 25 leaves with 29 engravings (vignettes and head-pieces) in text and 112 engraved plates comprising 2 sets of 56 numbered engraved plates by Jacob Schijnvoet and Gerard van der Gucht. (Some working in the gutter margin, some dustsoiling and occasional pale foxing.) 20th-century half calf. Provenance: Seth Hosse (signature on title).
FIRST EDITION, with title vignette. 28 unsigned and unpaginated leaves, not including the first and second sets of plates. The first 28 leaves include the engraved frontispiece, engraved title with the royal arms on the verso, the engraved dedication with engraved deer skeleton on the verso, and 25 leaves of text illustrated with 44 plates and vignettes of comparative osteology. According to Russell, "nearly all" the vignettes and four of the large plates were drawn by Jacob Schijnvoet, and the remaining plates were the work of Gerard van der Gucht (1696-1776). To maximize the accuracy of the large plates of adult, fetal and pathological bones Cheselden used the camera obscura, which he was the first to employ for the purpose of book illustration. He also personally supervised the both the drawing and engraving processes. Choulant-Frank, p. 261; Garrison-Morton 395; Heirs of Hippocrates 814; Norman 466; Roberts & Tomlinson 395; Waller 1941; Wellcome II, p. 335.