Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie (A New Collection of Osteology and Myology)
1779
Artist, French, 1738 - 1803
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress text and nearly 100 etchings, engravings, and chalk-manner engravings on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 53.5 × 42.5 × 4.5 cm (21 1/16 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2024.41.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mariano González de Sepúlveda (1774-1842), Madrid. (Caleb Rare Books, Longmeadow, MA); purchased by NGA, 2024
Associated Names
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters in red leather label on spine of brown leather binding: RECUEIL DOSTEOL; on front fly leaf, at upper left, in brown ink: 6 del Lion; on front fly leaf, at upper left, in black ink ? Wergen; on front fly leaf, at lower left, in brown ink: 3da; on front fly leaf, at lower right, in graphite: PG / 169972 [partially erased]; on front fly leaf, at upper right, in brown ink: .0.; on title page, at upper left, in black ink: ? Wergen; on back fly leaf, at upper right, in graphite: PG / 169972
Markings
inside front cover, bookplate of Mariano González de Sepúlveda