MEDICO, Giuseppe del. Anatomia per uso dei pittori e scultori. 1811.
MEDICO, Giuseppe del.
Anatomia per uso dei pittori e scultori.
Rome, Vincenzo Poggioli, 1811.
Folio (408x273 mm), (2)-84 pages and 38 plates in black. binding : Contemporary full sheep, flat spine. Binding rubbed, covers chipped. Plate 38 stained.
First edition.
references: Choulant-Frank [p.311 :"Manual of anatomy for artists. Cicogagna (catal.) mentions it with particular praise and his book is thought to have been introduced at the Academy of Arts in Rome. The illustrations are, on the whole, good and correct as to anatomy"], : " Heirs of Hippocrates [1166 : "Del Medico, professor of surgery at Rome, prepared this atlas of human anatomy for artists and sculptors. The thirty-eight copperplates with engraved explanatory captions include illustrations of muscles, internal organs, complete skeletons similar to those of Albinus, and two views of the Borghese gladiator"].
Price : 600 €
