A compendium of anatomy, or, a pocket companion for students in surgery, and the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture: illustrated by twelve plates; in which the bones and muscles of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, adipose membrane, veins, and arteries; accurately delineated from the most approved tables and figures extant: with a concise, yet clear explanation of their respective names, origins, insertions, and uses.

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[1783?]
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view A compendium of anatomy, or, a pocket companion for students in surgery, and the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture: illustrated by twelve plates; in which the bones and muscles of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, adipose membrane, veins, and arteries; accurately delineated from the most approved tables and figures extant: with a concise, yet clear explanation of their respective names, origins, insertions, and uses.

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A compendium of anatomy, or, a pocket companion for students in surgery, and the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture: illustrated by twelve plates; in which the bones and muscles of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, adipose membrane, veins, and arteries; accurately delineated from the most approved tables and figures extant: with a concise, yet clear explanation of their respective names, origins, insertions, and uses. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for J. Walker, No. 16, Rosoman's-street; and sold by Walker, No. 44; Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster-row; Murray and Highley, Fleet-street; Cuthell, Middle-row, Holborn; Callow, Crown-court, Windmill-street; Clarke, No. 38, Bond-street; and all other booksellers, printsellers, and stationers in Great Britain and Ireland, [1783?]

Physical description

vi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, [9]-32 pages, XII leaves of plates : illustrations (engr.) ; 12mo (15 cm)

Edition

The fourth edition, improved and enlarged.

Notes

On title-page: Price two shillings and sixpence.
Plate [IV] captioned: Published April 5, 1783, by. J. Walker.

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