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A beautiful young woman looks away coyly while an aged doctor examines her chest
Chromolithograph after A. Faivre.
1 print : chromolithograph, printed in colours ; image 38.4 x 31.4 cm
1 print : chromolithograph, printed in colours ; image 38.4 x 31.4 cm
Andreas Vesalius
"In 1543, Vesalius asked Johannes Oporinus to publish the book De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), a groundbreaking work of human anatomy he dedicated to Charles V and which many believe was…
La belle operation
1 print : 33 x 45 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1968.
Technique:
lithograph, color
Provenance:
Purchase; 1968.
Technique:
lithograph, color
Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts; includes also plate on diseases of the breast
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 30.3 x 37.8 cm
Table XLIV Table XLV / Table XLIII
Table XLIV Table XLV / Table XLIII
Medical, chirurgical and anatomical cases and observations
xxxii, 708 page, folded plates. ; (4to)
Edited by D. Cox. Cf. "Introduction"
Translated from the German original by George Wirgman
Edited by D. Cox. Cf. "Introduction"
Translated from the German original by George Wirgman
Saint Agatha
Overall (confirmed): 5 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (13.7 × 8.9 × 7.9 cm)
"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…
"This small, half-length statuette depicts the early Christian saint Agatha gazing heavenward with her hands bound behind her back. According to legend, the Sicilian…