WHITTAKER'S ANATOMICAL MODEL. A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE HUMAN FRAME AND ITS ORGANS. WITH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY DR. SCHMIDT. ENGLISH EDITION BY WILLIAM S. FURNEAUX . . . . ILLUSTRATED by Furneaux, William S.; Schmidt, [Eduard Oscar] - 1896
by Furneaux, William S.; Schmidt, [Eduard Oscar]
WHITTAKER'S ANATOMICAL MODEL. A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE HUMAN FRAME AND ITS ORGANS. WITH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY DR. SCHMIDT. ENGLISH EDITION BY WILLIAM S. FURNEAUX . . . . ILLUSTRATED
by Furneaux, William S.; Schmidt, [Eduard Oscar]
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New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1896. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Good. [1896]. 10 1/3 x 7 1/2 inches. 16 pp., containing in-text wood-engraved illustrations, plus human anatomical mannikin comprising five numbered color lithographic plates on three panels, two folding out, one affixed to rear board with several additional, smaller folding-out panels. Publisher's cloth-backed pictorial paper over boards. Spine worn and frayed, boards stained and chipped at hinges and extermities. Plates in fine condition. Good.
A fine example of a late 19th-century dissected plate illustrating human anatomy, accompanied by a brief treatise on by German zoologist and comparative anatomist Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823-1886). The text was translated by British nature writer William Samuel Furneaux (1855-1940).
A fine example of a late 19th-century dissected plate illustrating human anatomy, accompanied by a brief treatise on by German zoologist and comparative anatomist Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823-1886). The text was translated by British nature writer William Samuel Furneaux (1855-1940).
- Bookseller W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First English Language Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Thomas Whittaker
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1896
- Keywords science, biology, medicine, anatomy, illustrated, color plates, flap book