(Flow of Blood in the Human Body), Plate 3, a single folio-sized lithographed plate from: "A Series of Anatomical Plates, comprising the Vessels of the Human Body."

Published by Taylor & Walton, 1836

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QUAIN, Jones (1796-1865) and William James Erasmus WILSON (1809-1884). (Flow of Blood in the Human Body), Plate 3, a single lithographed plate from: "A Series of Anatomical Plates, comprising the Vessels of the Human Body.", 1836, (first edition). Original lithograph, 50x32cm. Original color. Good condition, with some moderate light overall foxing. Overall, really quite lovely. [++] "(The Quain Plates". aimed to provide students with affordable access to high quality illustrations with English commentary. Their comments give detailed descriptions of the parts of the body in the illustration, and explain the process of dissection needed to show them."--University of Liverpool online on the "Quain Plates". [++] According to numerous sources (See blow) is "one of the most ambitious English anatomy illustrated by lithography"--Christies catalog description for the set, 2007, "Anatomy as Art". "Most sets are uncolored." This is one of five parts of the general publication, published over six years (1836-1842) and composed of 201 plates. "Wilson designed the plates for this work, and signed some of them, but the plates were actually drawn by other artists, including J. Walsh and William Bagg, a portrait painter in London. Wilson also co-edited the second through fifth volumes."--Christies catalog. [++] Heirs of Hippocrates 1550; McHenry, Garrison's History of Neurology,  p. 158; Roberts & Tomlinson pp. 559-60; Welcome IV, p. 452.…

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Title
(Flow of Blood in the Human Body), Plate 3, a single folio-sized lithographed plate from: "A Series of Anatomical Plates, comprising the Vessels of the Human Body."
Author
QUAIN, Jones (1796-1865) and William James Erasmus WILSON (1809-1884)
Publisher
Taylor & Walton
Publication year
1836
Condition
Good
Binding
No Binding
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JF Ptak Science Books

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