Jules Cloquet - Anatomie de l’Homme

Jules Cloquet 1790–1883
Anatomie de l’Homme – Description et Figures lithographiées de toutes les parties du corps humain
Volume I – Osteology and Myology
Brussels Auguste Wahlen Libraire-Imprimeur de la Cour 1828
Lithographed by C de Lasteyrie

Extremely rare original plates from the monumental anatomical atlas by Jules Cloquet one of the most important French surgeons and anatomists of the 19th century
This work was among the first anatomical atlases ever produced entirely by lithography allowing exceptional precision and realism in depicting the human body
Published in Brussels by Auguste Wahlen with plates lithographed by Charles de Lasteyrie a pioneer of early scientific printing in France

The lot includes 8 large original plates from Volume I depicting
the skull and cranial bones the spine and vertebrae the shoulder girdle and back muscles the pelvis and sacrum the bones and articulations of the limbs and the musculature of the lower limbs and feet
Each plate printed on thick wove paper with the artists and lithographers signatures such as E Dumenil del Lith de Deroy or de Lasteyrie

Author Jules Cloquet
Publisher Auguste Wahlen Brussels
Year 1828
Technique Original 19th century lithographs
Sheets 9 plus the title page
Language French
Condition Age related toning foxing and marginal water stains the images remain clear and well preserved unbound sheets

Anatomie de l’Homme is one of the earliest and most beautiful anatomical atlases combining medical precision and artistic elegance Each plate demonstrates the scientific accuracy and the delicate lithographic shading typical of early 19th century Paris and Brussels printing