ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried (1697-1770). Icones ossium foetus humani, Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1737, 4°, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 12 engraved plates by Wandelaar, each in two states (perforation stamp and accession number on A2, perforation stamp on H1, some plates lightly browned and stamped on versos), contemporary calf (backstrip worn). [Blake p. 9; Choulant/Frank p. 280; Wellcome II, p. 26] Provenance: Ed. Pergens (ink stamp on title); JCL

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ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried (1697-1770). Icones ossium foetus humani, Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1737, 4°, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 12 engraved plates by Wandelaar, each in two states (perforation stamp and accession number on A2, perforation stamp on H1, some plates lightly browned and stamped on versos), contemporary calf (backstrip worn). [Blake p. 9; Choulant/Frank p. 280; Wellcome II, p. 26] Provenance: Ed. Pergens (ink stamp on title); JCL

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The plates are drawn with great detail and this work is regarded as one of Albinus's finest atlases.

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