Anatomie De L'Homme, Ou Descriptions Et Figures Lithographiées De Toutes Les Parties Du Corps Humain

Paris: À L'Imprimerie Lithographique De C. De Lasteyrie.De L'Imprimerie De Rignoux [Vols. III-V: À L'Imprimerie Lithographique De M. Engelmann Et Compagnie, Chez M. Le Comte De Lasteyrie.De L'Imprimerie De A.Belin], 1821-31., 1821. 5 Volumes. folio. pp. 1 p.l., 158; 1 p.l., [159]-322; 1 p.l., [325]-504; 1 p.l., [505]-656; 1 p.l., 2, [657]-775. 300 lithographed plates after drawings by Haincelin & others (some folding, some in colour). early 20th century cloth-backed bds. (extremities worn, a few plates browned, some foxing throughout, ranging from light to significant, dampstaining to upper outer margin in Vol. II & upper outer portion of leaves & plates in Vol. V). First Edition of the first anatomical atlas to be illustrated with lithographs. Cloquet was professor of clinical surgery and surgical pathology at the Medical Faculty of Paris. "The first anatomical atlas to be illustrated with lithographs was the magnificent folio by Jules Germain Cloquet.The 300 plates were published in fifty-one sections over the ten-year period between 1821 and 1831, and the lithographs were printed in the two first ateliers of Paris, both of which were founded in 1816. They were established by Charles de Lasteyrie and Godefroy Engelmann, who were among the pioneers of the lithographic art in France." (Thornton & Reeves, Medical Book Illustration, pp. 103-04) "splendid atlas". (Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine), p. 445. The first volume is devoted to osteology, the second to myology, the third to neurology, the fourth to angiology, and the fifth to splanchnology and embriotomy. Garrison & Morton 409. Wellcome II p. 360. Brunet II 110 (incorrect collation).. F. Hardcover.