Buy this book on-line Bernardino Genga : Anatomy Improv’d and Illustrated with Regard to the uses thereof in Designing: Not Only Laid Down from an Examen of the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body, but also Demonstrated and Exemplified from the Most Celebrated Antique Statues in Rome
John Senex, London, c. 1723
Full contemporary brown calf with blind panels and blind floral design on boards. Rebacked tastefully in period style binding with 6 compartments of raised bands with gilt floral motif to match the cover. Gilt red morocco title on two. , Some short marginal tears repaired otherwise a very good copy. Plates and text are clean and crisp. , Folio (320 x 450mm) , Illustrated with title page, dedication page and 42 engraved plates by Gerard and Michael van der Gucht and John Sturt depicting the skeletal and muscular anatomy of the human body together with some mythological Roman figures.
First published in Italian in 1691, the English version was printed by subscription in 1723. The subscriber’s list of names can be found in the index of the book. Further to Russell, the plates of the English edition were engraved by Gerard and Michael van der Gucht, Andrew Motte, Robert Sheppard and John Sturt.( Russell, British Anatomy, p. 313)
Bernardino Genga (1620–1690) was a scholar of Classical medical texts, editing several works of Hippocrates. He also had a great interest in the preparation of anatomical specimens as well as the anatomy of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. These interests led to his work at the French Academy in Rome, where he taught anatomy to artists. His work, Anatomia per Uso et Intelligenza del Disegno consists of the illustrated plates, the first 23 deal with osteology and myology drawn from Genga\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s anatomical preparations. The remainder consists of representations of antique statues viewed from different angles, including the Farnese Hercules, the Laocoön (without his sons), the Borghese Gladiator, the Borghese Faun, the Venus de Medici, the Youth Pulling a Thorn from his Foot, and the Amazon of the House of Cesi. An English translation of the work appeared in London in 1723 under the title, Anatomy Improv\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d.
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