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Title
Foetus novem circiter mensium sceleti anteriorem
Subject
Bone and Bones--embryology
Bone Development
Fetus--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraving by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from a drawing by Gérard de Lairesse.--Cf. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/bidloo_bio.html
Posterior and anterior views of fetal skeletons, demonstrating the development of the fetal skeletal system during gestation.
Title from index.
Creator
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711
Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?
Source
Original image in: Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis (Amstelodami : Joannis a Someren ... [et al.], 1685). Z 7 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomia humani corporis, Govard Bidloo's work on human anatomy, was first published in Amsterdam in 1685. The work's 107 illustrations were engraved on copperplate by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from drawings by Gérard de Lairesse.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1685
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_7.pl100
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
43 x 28 cm
Citation
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690, and Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, “Foetus novem circiter mensium sceleti anteriorem,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed May 2, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2340.