The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.

Anatomie des formes exterieures du corps humain. English. 1849

London : Hippolyte Baillière ... ; Paris : J.B. Baillière, 1849.

xxi, 1 unnumbered page, 313 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (lithographs) ; 22 cm (8vo) + atlas (50 unnumbered pages, 28 leaves of plates. 4to).

With added series t.p.

"London: Printed by Schulze and Co."--t.p. verso and colophon.

Plates 1-24 drawn by Léveillé", published by Méquignon Marvis fils, and printed by Lemercier, Paris (except plate 5, which has "Lith. d'Artus à Paris" in place of Lemercier) Plates 25-28 depict classical statuary, are printed on India paper, and are drawn by W. Lens Aldous, lithographed by Day & son, with imprint "H. Bailliere ... London."

Translation of: Anatomie des formes exterieures du corps humain. (Paris, 1845)

Copy 1 [Text vol.] Supplier/Donor: Maggs. Note: Publishers' catalogue, dated Oct. 1865 (16 p.) bound in. Slip tipped in preceding p. [1]: "On reflection, it has been thought unnecessary to add engravings of busts so well konwn as the Coptic Memnon and the Apollo Belvidere." Binding: Original blind-stamped cloth. Spine gilt, with title preceded by series title. Inscription on t.p.: "Lady Ross". Stamps of the Anatomy Dept. Library, University of Cambridge.

Copy 1 Atlas Supplier/Donor: Maggs Note: Binding: Original blind-stamped cloth, with cover title 'Anatomy for artists.' Plates 1-24 hand-coloured. On upper cover and on t.p.: Library stamps of Queen's College Library, Cork. On t.p. and front pastedown: Stamps of the Anatomy Dept. Library, University of Cambridge.

Copy 2 Atlas Supplier/Donor: Maggs. Note: Plate 28 wanting. Binding: Original blind-stamped cloth, with cover title 'Anatomy for artists.' On upper cover and on t.p.: Library stamps of Queen's College Library, Cork. On t.p. and front pastedown: Stamps of the Anatomy Dept. Library, University of Cambridge.