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The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery : Complete Edition of the Coloured Plates by Bourgery, J. M. (Jean Marc), 1797-1849, author; Dahlmann, Annegret, translator; Chacón Zabalza, Carlos, translator; Jacob, N. H. (Nicolas Henri), 1781-1871, artist; Le Minor, Jean-Marie, editor; Sick, Henri, editor; Bourgery, J. M. (Jean Marc), 1797-1849. Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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831 pages : 25 cm Comprises the 8 volumes of illustrations which accompanied Bourgery's Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme. Paris : Delaunay, 1831-1854.-- We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published. Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following year, but completion of the treatise required nearly two decades of dedication; Bourgery lived just long enough to finish his labor of love, but the last of the treatise's eight volumes was not published in its entirety until five years after his death. The eight volumes of Bourgery's treatise cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques (exploring in detail nearly all the major operations that were performed during the first half of the 19th century), general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Jacob's spectacular hand-colored, lif

Author

Bourgery, J. M. (Jean Marc), 1797-1849, author; Dahlmann, Annegret, translator; Chacón Zabalza, Carlos, translator; Jacob, N. H. (Nicolas Henri), 1781-1871, artist; Le Minor, Jean-Marie, editor; Sick, Henri, editor; Bourgery, J. M. (Jean Marc), 1797-1849. Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme

Publisher

Köln [Cologne, Germany]: Taschen

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9783836577984