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Anatomie du gladiateur combattant applicable aux beaux arts, ou Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme de mouvemens, de proportions et des caractères du corps humain (Anatomy of the Fighting Gladiator), Paris (Salvage), 1812

1812
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  • Title: Anatomie du gladiateur combattant applicable aux beaux arts, ou Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme de mouvemens, de proportions et des caractères du corps humain (Anatomy of the Fighting Gladiator), Paris (Salvage), 1812
  • Artist: Written and illustrated and published by Jean-Galbert Salvage (French, 1770–1813)
  • Engraver: Nikolai Utkin (Russian, 1780–1868) , (plates 1, 19)
  • Engraver: Jean Bosq (French, active 1801–44) , (plates 15, 17)
  • Publisher: Sold by Librairie Le Normant (Paris)
  • Publisher: Sold by Treuttel & Würtz
  • Publisher: Sold by Bunce l'ainé
  • Date: 1812
  • Medium: Folio volume (74 pp.) illustrated with 22 engravings printed in black and red ink; bound in red boards; red leather spine with gold-stamped ornament
  • Dimensions: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16 x 1 3/16 in. (62 x 45 x 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.546.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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