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Description: Rare to the market and seldom found outside of Institutional Libraries, this is John Brisbane's 1769 First Edition, printed By George Scott, And Sold By T. Cadell Bookseller, Successor To Mr. Millar, In The Strand, London. It's full title is "The Anatomy Of Painting: Or A Short And Easy Introduction To Anatomy: Being A New Edition, On A Smaller Scale, Of Six Tables Of Albinus, With Their Linear Figures: Also, A New Translation Of Albinus's History Of That Work, And Of His Index To The Six Tables: To Which Are Added The Anatomy Of Celsus, With Notes, And The Physiology Of Cicero: With An Introduction, Giving A Short View Of Picturesque Anatomy." This is a Large Folio, 15 x 10" 76pp. Condition:  Beautifully restored, and ready for another 250 years with its new calf leather spine and corner tips while keeping the original marbled paper boards. Restoration also includes new endpapers and resewn signatures. Some rubbing and wear to the edges of the paper boards. Some foxing to a few pages, and indentation to the heavy paper,(perhaps from a book press) and a stain of some type to the upper corners of approx. 30 pages. (see photos) It does not impact the text block at all. A small tear to the lower edge of one of the rear free endpapers. 
 
Sidenote: This first English translation of Albinus reproduces twelve of his plates, showing first the skeletal, then the muscular structure of the human body. The plates have been regarded as one of the high points of anatomical engraving first published 1747. Five of the plates are signed as drawn by Brisbane and engraved by J. Caldwall; one, as drawn by Brisbane and engraved by P. Benazech. The General Preface states that they are reduced copies of the originals of Jan Wandelaar. The printers directions to the bookbinder are also included at the bottom of the last page. A quite rare and wonderful piece of art history.

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The Anatomy of Painting, 1769 john Brisbane, RARE Albinus & Wandelaar Engravings

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