Recueil anatomique à l'usage des jeunes gens qui se destinent à l'étude de la chirurgie, de la médecine, de la peinture et de la sculpture [...].

4to: [2]-43 pp.; 18 pl. (severe foxing and min. traces of use).

Contemp. quarter sheep, marbled paper on covers, flat gilt spine, red leather title label (defects).

Handbook for both medical students as well as artists to form a better understanding of the human body and in particular the representation of this body by Chaussier, professor at the faculty of medicine in Paris. Ill. with a portrait of the author by André Dutertre, professor of drawing, and 17 anatomical pl. depicting (parts of) the human body, always with a detailed description.
Prov. Librairie Alain Brieux (Bookseller's label).