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GENGA, Bernardino (1620-1690). Anatomia per uso et intelligenza del disegnoricercata non solo su gl'ossi, e muscoli del corpo humano; ma dimostrata ancora su le statue antiche piu insigni di Roma. Edited and with commentary by Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654-1720). Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1691.
2o (476 x 350 mm). 56 leaves, engraved throughout. Title, frontispiece, 15 tables and indices (printed on rectos only), 40 fine plates probably by Fraois Andriot after designs by Charles Errard. (Some very minor pale spotting, mostly marginal, one plate with some minor browning.) 18th-century Italian vellum. Provenance: J.T.G. Sonneman, Rome (signature dated 1706).
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE FINEST ANATOMY BOOKS FOR ARTISTS. "This large atlas contains forty magnificent full-page engraved plates depicting the human figure in various poses, with and without dissection ... The plates, probably engraved by Franois Andriot after designs by Charles Errard, were intended primarily for the use of painters and sculptors, and they are still considered to be one of the best collections for the use of student artists" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Choulant-Frank, pp. 254-55; Garrison-Morton 386; Heirs of Hippocrates 531; NLM/Krivatsy 4655 (variant issue of title-page with "libro primo" on title [but all published], as the Norman copy); Waller 5540; Wellcome III, pp. 102-03; Norman 888.
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ROSSI, Domenico de. Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porti de Finestre. Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1702.
Volume I only (of 3), 2o (477 x 350 mm). 2 pp. of letterpress text (on 2 leaves), otherwise engraved throughout. Title, dedication and 139 plates (8 double-page or folding). (Some leaves with very minor light marginal spotting.) FIRST EDITION. The third volume appeared in 1721, the completed work includes 282 plates. Cf. Berlin Kat. 2681; cf. Brunet V, 1405.
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FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE FINEST ANATOMY BOOKS FOR ARTISTS. "This large atlas contains forty magnificent full-page engraved plates depicting the human figure in various poses, with and without dissection ... The plates, probably engraved by Franois Andriot after designs by Charles Errard, were intended primarily for the use of painters and sculptors, and they are still considered to be one of the best collections for the use of student artists" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Choulant-Frank, pp. 254-55; Garrison-Morton 386; Heirs of Hippocrates 531; NLM/Krivatsy 4655 (variant issue of title-page with "libro primo" on title [but all published], as the Norman copy); Waller 5540; Wellcome III, pp. 102-03; Norman 888.
[Bound with:]
ROSSI, Domenico de. Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porti de Finestre. Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1702.
Volume I only (of 3), 2