A Manual of Artistic Anatomy for the Use of Students in Art. Being a Description of the Bones and Muscles that Influence the External Form of Man

John C. L. Sparkes

Verlag: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London, 1888

Beschreibung

The very scarce first edition of this illustrated artist's guide to human anatomy, intended for the use of art students. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with forty-four plates by Holden and Bourgery. Collated, complete.With depictions of bones, muscles and sculls, and descriptions accompanying each plate.With the bookplate of the Oliver Collection to the front pastedownWith the inscription of Walter Smith to the head of the title page and page 1.With an errata slip.With the front free endpaper removed.With pencil notations to plates.The work of English educationalist John Charles Lewis Sparkes, who was Superintendent of Studies at the Lambeth School of Art. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Library label to spine tail. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front free endpaper removed. Internally, binding failed due to gutta percha, as is common with this work. Pages lightly age toned, with handling marks throughout. Ink inscription to head of title page and page 1. Faint pencil notations and inscriptions to majority of plates, with amateur artist pencil sketch to one plate explanation leaf. Fair. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 891F18

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Manual of Artistic Anatomy for the Use of ...

Verlag: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1888

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Holden; Bourgery

Zustand: Fair

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book