Anatomie de l'homme, ou Description et figures lithographiées de toutes les parties du corps humain / par Jules Cloquet ... publiée par C. de Lasteyrie, éditeur.
Paris: Á l'Imprimerie lithographique de C. de Lasteyrie, 1821-1831
Physical Description
5 vols. in 4: 300 leaves of plates, some folded; 537 mm.
General Note
This work has been bound in four volumes, of which two contain the text (Vol. I containing Tomes 1-3 and Vol. IV containing Tomes 4-5) and two contain the plates. A skilled artist, Cloquet himself supplied a large number of the illustrations for this work.
Contents
Vol. I : [Tome premier. Ostéologie. 1821] Tp - [Text, including discussion of plates I-LVI, p. 1-158] ; [Tome second. Myologie. 1822] Tp - [Text, including discussion of plates LVII-CXVI, p. 159-322] ; [Tome Troisième. Névrologie. 1828] Tp - [Text, including discussion of plates CXVII-CLXXXVI, p. 325-504].
Vol. II : Plates I-CLXXXVII [i.e. CLXXXVI, that is 186]
Vol. III : Plates CLXXXVI [i.e. CLXXXVII, that 187]-CCC
Vol. IV : [Tome quatrième. Angiologie. 1828] Tp - [Text, including discussion of plates CLXXXVII-CCLVIII, p. 505-656] ; [Tome cinquième. Spanchnologie et Embryotomie. 1831] Tp - Préface - [Text, including discussion of plates CCLIX-CCC, p. 657-765] - Table de matières
Provenance
The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Royal Academy of Arts. / by Richard Partridge / November 1872
Binding Note
Mottled brown leather spines lettered in gilt, 'Anatomie De L'Homme - Cloquet' and 'Tome.I.[-IV.]'