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Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.

The base of the brain with part of the medulla oblongata, the blood vessels injected with wax, and the cerebellum (Table XII, figs 1-2), after Cowper in Ridley (1695); the foetal heart, the larynx and the viscera (Table XIII), after an etching by G. Vandergucht in Cheselden (1740) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.

Muscles of the face and neck. Engraving, 1686.

A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.

Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.

Wax models of the viscera, etc. by Jean-Joseph Sue père, after his own dissections. Engraving, 1749.

A foetus and placenta with umbilical cord. Engraving, 1686, the second, third, fifth and sixth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

A wax model of the brain and head (figs 1-2) by F. La Croix after G. Duverney and a wax model of a section of the brain made by Russel, "chirurgien major des Gardes-du-corp" (fig. 3) Engraving by Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.

Wax model of the human male generative organs and viscera, made by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections made by M. Faget while surgeon at the Hôpital Général de la Salpêtrière. Engraving by R. Gaillard after J. De Seve, 1749.

Kermis of kennis : wassen beelden uit de Roca-collectie = De la foire au savoir : les moulages de cire de la Collection Roca = Circus or science : wax sculptures from the Roca collection / redactie Patrick Allegaert, Annemie Cailliau, Alexander Couckhuyt, Nele Vertriest.

Lust und Abschreckung : Moulagen in der Geschlechtskrankheitenaufklärung / Lutz Sauerteig.

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Kermis of kennis : wassen beelden uit de Roca-collectie = De la foire au savoir : les moulages de cire de la Collection Roca = Circus or science : wax sculptures from the Roca collection / redactie Patrick Allegaert, Annemie Cailliau, Alexander Couckhuyt, Nele Vertriest.

Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.

Lust und Abschreckung : Moulagen in der Geschlechtskrankheitenaufklärung / Lutz Sauerteig.

A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.

Wax models of the viscera, etc. by Jean-Joseph Sue père, after his own dissections. Engraving, 1749.