Lot 006: RARE Medicina Rara Book by Bernardino Genga, Anatomy Human Body Skeleton, Folio

Estimate: $150 - $300 AUD. Starting bid: $119 AUD.

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Description

Anatomy Improv'd and Illustrated With Regard to the Uses thereof in Designing Book Nook by Bernardino Genga DESCRIPTION Anatomy Improv'd and Illustrated With Regard to the Uses thereof in Designing by Bernardino Genga. This facsimile of the 1723 English edition published by Editions Medicina Rara LTD, circa 1970. The original Latin edition was published as 'Anatomia Chiurgica' in 1672. Publishers' Original Binding; Folio half red leather and green cloth binding in papered slipcase. Bound by AW Lumsden, Scotland. Limited Edition Copy number 293. 17.5" by 12.5"; 59 [3]pp; Folding Plates; Illustrated with one folding table, and forty-two plates. This book is an meticulous representation of the human form that was originally published in the 17th century! Bernardino Genga Bernardino Genga (1620–1690) 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 French Academy in Rome, where he taught anatomy to artists. His works include: 1) Anatomia chirurgica cioe Istoria anatomica dell'ossa, e muscoli del corpo humano, con la descrittione de vasi piu riguardeuoli che scorrono per le parti esterne, & un breue trattato del moto, che chiamano circolatione del sangue di Bernardino Genga da Mondolfo, Roma, per Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, 1672. 2) Anatomia per uso et intelligenza del disegno ricercata non solo su gl'ossi, e muscoli del corpo humano, ma dimostrata ancora su le statue antiche più insigni di Roma: delineata in più tavole con tutte le figure in varie faccie [sic], e vedute, Roma, per Domenico de Rossi, 1691. 3) In Hippocratis Aphorismos ad chirurgiam spectantes, commentaria. Eminentissimo, ac reuerendissimo principi Francisco Mariae cardinali Medices dicata a Bernardino Genga, Roma, Stamperia Camerale, 1694. Should you want further information please let me kn Item Specifics Format: Fine Binding Condition: Acceptable Publisher: Medicina Rara Region: Europe Signed: No Subject: Medicine Language: English Inscribed: No Sub-Subject: Art Personalised: No Year Printed: 1970 Original/Facsimile: Original Special Attributes: Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered

Condition Report

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Specifications

CategoryBooks
Lot ReferenceLOT-006
Estimate (AUD)$150 - $300
Buyer's Premium20%

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