Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body. Translated from the Latin.London, Printed by H. Woodfall, for Hohn and Paul Knapton, 1749.

The splendid series of 40 large copperplates of the bones and muscles in this work were drawn and engraved by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759). They established a new standard in anatomical illustration, and remain unsurpassed for their artistic beauty and scientific accuracy. (Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman).

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