A fine copy of Gautier's rare work.The plates are engraved and printed in four colours in a process invented by Leblon and elaborated by Gautier, who had a 30-year privilege to use the process in France. The plates are life-size and could be mounted for demonstration purposes. Cf. Choulant History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration ed. M.Frank, 1982, pp.270-74.