Elementos anatómicos de osteologia y miologia, para el uso de los pintores y escultores.
Madrid: En la imprenta de Vega y Compañia, 1807. [8] preliminary leaves, 147 pp., 27 plates. Illus. with 27 plates. 8vo. Full speckled calf, red spine label, title and spine decorated in gilt. Gauthier de la Peyronie, trans. ; Don Atanasio Echevarria and Godoy, trans. A good solid copy, boards worn and scuffed, resulting in some loss of calf along edges and head of spine, owner's book plate on front pastedown, initialed front endpaper, tiny chip to half-title fore edge, title with ownership inscription, preliminary leaves toned, scattered ink stains and notations to the first dozen leaves, small tear to inner margin of p. 30, plates foxed, somewhat heavily at times, additional text tipped in. Palau 133222. Item #44340
"Traducidos al frances por Gauthier de la Peyronie y de este al castellano por D. Atanasio Echevarria y Godoy." The original work, "Anleitung zur anatomischen Kenntniss des menschlichen Körpers für Zeichner und Bildhauer" was published in 1790. Provenance: Eduardo Martinez (his bookplate), described in a note on the title as a Doctor and having been decorated by "la Basilica de Zapopan y la Catedral de Colina." (the note perhaps written by J. Cruz de la Mora [Ramirez] a writer from Zapopan) First 20 pp. of "El Tesoro de las Familias: Manual de Medicina Practica" Dr Cazenave [1899] tipped in between pages 30-31.
Price: $150.00