L'Anatomie Necessaire pour l'Usage du Dessein

Edme Bouchardon French

1741

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Title: L'Anatomie Necessaire pour l'Usage du Dessein
Artist: Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698–1762 Paris)
Date: 1741
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1952
Object Number: 52.629.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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