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Foetus novem circiter mensium sceleti anteriorem

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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

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 November 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2340.