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Two anatomy books bound together: Anatomia per uso et intelligenza… and Anatomie der unterlicke

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Two anatomy books bound together: Anatomia per uso et intelligenza… and Anatomie der unterlicke

Artist Bernardino Genga (Italian, 1620 - 1690)
Artist Jacob van der Gracht (Dutch, 1593 - 1652)
DateGracht: 1634; Genga: 1691
DimensionsOverall (Genga): H: 18 9/16 in. (472 mm); W: 12 1/2 in. (318 mm).
Overall (Gracht): H 14 7/8 in. (378 mm); W: 9 3/16 in. (233 mm) (inlaid into larger sheets, uniform in size with the preceding pages).
MediumEngraving
ClassificationBooks
Credit LinePurchased with funds given by the B. H. Breslauer Foundation
Object number
2013.158
Not on View
DescriptionTwo books bound together. Genga: fifty-six leaves, engraved throughout; title, frontispiece, 15 tables and indices (printed on recto only). Contemporary gilt-paneled Dutch vellum. Gracht: engraved title and 18 full-page skeletal and muscle engravings.
Habit de Fripier (from Costumes Grotesques)
Nicolas de Larmessin II
about 1690-1694
Habit de Vitrier (from Costumes Grotesques)
Nicolas de Larmessin II
about 1690-1694
Map of Paris
Louis Bretez
1734-1739

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