The Old Print Shop

(Front anatomical view of a man). Planche 24.

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  • PUBLISHER: Published chez Crepy, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper engraving,

    DATE: 1778

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/4 x 7 1/2" (308 x 194 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Scarce, detailed anatomical copper engraving by Etienne Charpentier under the direction of surgeon Francois Michel Disdier (1708-1781). From "Exposition Exacte ou Tableau Anatomique." Second edition of an anatomical atlas in which both the plates and the text are entirely engraved, rather than the usual practice of engraving the plates and setting the text in type. Etienne Charpenter is described on the title page of the book as engraver anatomist. Disdier was both a professor of surgery and a drawing master at the Academy of Painting in Paris. He received his degree in surgery at the Royal College of Surgery in Paris in 1750. The first edition of Disdier's atlas was published in 1758.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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