Items taken from Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733) (results page 1)

Title Page, Osteographia Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

The title page includes an engracing of three gentlemen discussing and examining a skeleton, I think human, with just the rib cage, neck, skull, remaining, suspended upside=down from a wooden tripod. [...]

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Deer Skeleton from 18th century engraving Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This drawing shows the reassembled skeleton of a deer as if it were walking. There are antlers, but no text on the page to identify the species.

Keywords: deer, animals, skeletons, death, walking, anatomy, biology, greyscale

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Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engraving Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This engraving is actually labeled monkey (in penci, by hand) in the book. Indeed the skull and the shape of the feet especially suggests that. It sits on the sawn-off stump of a large tree, a creeper [...]

Keywords: monkeys, skeletons, death, biology, trees, bare feet, bones, greyscale

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