1379 - Bonamy, C. and P. Broca.

Bonamy, C. and P. Broca. Atlas d'Anatomie descriptive du corps humain. 4 vols. Paris, Masson (1844–66). 4°. With 254 (including 6 folded) colored lithographic plates. Red contemporary half-leather bindings with embossing and gilt head lettering (some wear and repairs). A richly illustrated anatomy; this major undertaking was organized by Bonamy, professor of anatomy at the University of Toulouse, and the renowned Paul Broca, one of the most significant surgeons and anthropologists in 19th-century France, and, among other things, the discoverer of the speech center (“Broca’s center”). "This outstanding work, illustrated with hand-colored lithographs, is highly regarded for the technical perfection of its illustrations. It was probably intended to complement Jean Cruveilhier’s *Anatomie descriptive*, which was first published in four volumes in 1834–36, with a second edition beginning in 1843. Cruveilhier’s text, which had a significant influence on the advancement of anatomical studies at the École de Médecine in Paris, contained no illustrations. The Bonamy-Broca-Beau atlas, containing over 250 colored lithographs and engravings based on drawings by Émile Beau—one of the foremost anatomical illustrators of the nineteenth century—began to be published in the early 1840s. The French titles do not indicate any connection to Cruveilhier; however, an English translation of the first volume of the Bonamy atlas was published in 1844 in London by Baillière, and the title page of this English edition clearly associates the atlas with Cruveilhier’s anatomy, stating that the anatomy is by Cruveilhier, the plate explanations by Bonamy, and the illustrations based on Beau’s work” (Anatomy as Art: the Dean Edell Collection No. 179). “Bonamy prepared Volume I on osteology, syndesmology, and myology, as well as Volume II on the heart, arteries, veins, lymphatics, and aponeuroses. Broca prepared Volume III on the digestive and endocrine systems and Volume IV on the genitourinary and respiratory systems. The 254 colored plates were engraved by Émile Beau, and each has a facing page containing the descriptive information" (Heirs of Hippocrates³ 1775). - In places, slightly stiff and with water stains. Bindings partly scuffed, rubbed, and bumped along the cover edges.