BOURGERY JEAN-BAPTISTE-MARC

(H/B) THE COMPLETE ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND SURGERY
We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published. Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following year, but completion of the treatise required nearly two decades of ded...
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(H/B) THE COMPLETE ATLAS OF ANATOMY

ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND SURGERY
"Human anatomy", the morphological study of the architecture of the human body, based on dissection, has given rise to the publication of some outstanding illustrated books. The "Complete treatise of human anatomy" by J. M. Bourgery and N. H. Jacob, published in Paris between 1831 and 1854, while joining a long list of illustrated works, at the same time represents one of the most remarkable works in the whole history of anatomy, and in any case is the most outstanding to be published in the 14th century. The work is monumental: in large f...
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