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BONAMY, Constantin (b.1812), Paul BROCA (1824-1880), and Emile BEAU (b.1810). Atlas d'Anatomie Descriptive du Corps Humain. Paris: Masson, 1844-1866.
3 volumes in 4, 4o (270 x 200 mm). 254 engraved and lithographed figures (many hand-colored) on 251 sheets (some plates loose, some occasional pale spotting). Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt (some rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, bound from the parts. This outstanding work, illustrated with hand-colored lithographs, is highly regarded for the technical perfection of its illustrations. It was probably intended to complement the Anatomie descriptive by Jean Cruveilhier, which was first published in four volumes in 1834-36, with a second edition beginning in 1843. Cruveilhier's text, which was influential on the progress of anatomical studies at the Ecole de Médecine at Paris, had no illustrations. The Bonamy-Broca-Beau atlas, with over two hundred and 50 colored lithographed and engraved plates after drawings by Emile Beau, one of the foremost anatomical illustrators of the nineteenth century, began to be issued in the early 1840s. The French titles do not reflect any association with Cruveilhier; however, an English translation of the first volume of the Bonamy atlas was published in 1844 in London by Baillihre, and the title-page of this English edition clearly associates the atlas with Cruveilhier's anatomy, stating that the anatomy is by Cruveilhier, the plate explanations by Bonamy, and the illustrations after Beau.
The title-page describes Bonamy as professor of anatomy at Toulouse. He issued the explanations for the first two parts of the anatomy, on the bones and muscles, the heart and vessels; Paul Broca, most famous for his contributions to cerebral anatomy (Garrison-Morton 1400) and anthropology (Garrison-Morton 169), provided the explanatory text for the last volume, in two parts, on the digestive, genito-urinary and respiratory systems. These were published in 1850 and 1866, when the atlas was finally completed. Broca was active in the Anatomical Society of Paris, of which Cruveilhier was president until 1866. The artist, Emile Beau, seems to be known only from the numerous French medical books which he illustrated during this period. Heirs of Hippocrates 1775. (4)
3 volumes in 4, 4
FIRST EDITION, bound from the parts. This outstanding work, illustrated with hand-colored lithographs, is highly regarded for the technical perfection of its illustrations. It was probably intended to complement the Anatomie descriptive by Jean Cruveilhier, which was first published in four volumes in 1834-36, with a second edition beginning in 1843. Cruveilhier's text, which was influential on the progress of anatomical studies at the Ecole de Médecine at Paris, had no illustrations. The Bonamy-Broca-Beau atlas, with over two hundred and 50 colored lithographed and engraved plates after drawings by Emile Beau, one of the foremost anatomical illustrators of the nineteenth century, began to be issued in the early 1840s. The French titles do not reflect any association with Cruveilhier; however, an English translation of the first volume of the Bonamy atlas was published in 1844 in London by Baillihre, and the title-page of this English edition clearly associates the atlas with Cruveilhier's anatomy, stating that the anatomy is by Cruveilhier, the plate explanations by Bonamy, and the illustrations after Beau.
The title-page describes Bonamy as professor of anatomy at Toulouse. He issued the explanations for the first two parts of the anatomy, on the bones and muscles, the heart and vessels; Paul Broca, most famous for his contributions to cerebral anatomy (Garrison-Morton 1400) and anthropology (Garrison-Morton 169), provided the explanatory text for the last volume, in two parts, on the digestive, genito-urinary and respiratory systems. These were published in 1850 and 1866, when the atlas was finally completed. Broca was active in the Anatomical Society of Paris, of which Cruveilhier was president until 1866. The artist, Emile Beau, seems to be known only from the numerous French medical books which he illustrated during this period. Heirs of Hippocrates 1775. (4)