Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770
Title:
The anatomy of painting, or, A short and easy introduction to anatomy : being a new edition, on a smaller scale, of six tables of Albinus, with their linear figures ; also, a new translation of Albinus's history of that work, and of his index to the six tables : to which are added the anatomy of Celsus, with notes, and the physiology of Cicero : with an introduction, giving a short view of picturesque anatomy / by John Brisbane ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed by George Scott, and sold by T. Cadell, bookseller, successor to Mr. Millar, in the Strand, 1769.
Physical Description:
xxvi, [5]-76 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Peter Paul Benazech and James Caldwall; after John Brisbane.
Subject Terms:
Scott, George -- Printer. | Cadell, T. -- Publisher. | Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800. | Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800. | Bones -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1769.
Contributors:
Brisbane, John, d. 1776? | Benazech, Peter Paul, ca. 1730–ca. 1783, engraver. | Caldwall, James, 1739–1819, engraver. | Brisbane, John, d. 1776?, ill.