GENGA, Bernardino. Anatomy Improv'd and Illustrated…
….With Regard to the Uses thereof in De signing: 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.
'First published in Rome by Dom de Rossiand [1691] now re-engraved by the noblest of hands in England and republished by John Senex at the Globe against St Dunston's Church in Fleet Street, London.' [1723] from imprint at foot of index. Russell British Anatomy 313.
Bernardino Genga was born in Mondolfo in the Duchy of Urbino in 1620 and died in 1690 in Rome, where he practiced surgery in the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia. He 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 Accademia di Francia delle Belle Arti in Rome, where he taught anatomy to artists.
Rebound in quarter calf on red cloth boards which is in good slightly aged condition. Internal front hinge paper split. Title page very toned and stained, with losses to the foredge, similar to the dedication. Every single side printed leaf has been rebacked with linen in the distant past. Noted one other small loss. Otherwise pages are toned with the odd mark and soiling, a couple of ink corrections to the text, good condition for age. Refer to images. Inscription, Kenneth R Stewart to Sir Edward Ford, Fords book label, and bookplate Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell.
(425x307mm)


Estimate $900-2,000