Accession No

6193

Brief Description

anatomical moveable ‘atlases’ of the human body, with accompanying handbooks, by Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, late 19th Century

Origin

England; London; Strand; King William St.

Maker

Bailliere, Tindall and Cox

Class

medical; physiology; books

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

paper (paper; cardboard); cloth (canvas; cotton thread); wood (unknown type)

Dimensions

[box] width: 415mm; depth 320mm; height 90mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christies, South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Rd., London, SW7 3LD on or before 17/5/2007. Lot 163, Fine Scientific, Medical and Engineering Works of Art sale.

Inscription

[Inside cover of all 11 atlases]
HUMAN
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF
MOVABLE ATLASES OF THE HUMAN BODY,
Showing the relative positions of the several parts by means of
SUPERPOSED COLOURED PLATES, designed by Professor G.J. WITKOWSKI, M.D.

Description Notes

Anatomical moveable ‘atlases’ of the human body, with accompanying handbooks, Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, late 19th century.

Wooden box with black canvas covering. Front of box folds down (includes key hole with key in) and half of top of box folds back. Inside box are eleven gatefold anatomical ‘atlases’ (all measuring 287mm x 376mm when closed) consisting of two pieces of hinged card, opening up to reveal anatomical diagram on right hand side and key to diagram on the left. The diagram consists of multiple layers of polychrome anatomical cut-out drawings stacked on top of each other, held in place by cotton thread. Each successive layer can be removed to reveal the anatomical features that lie behind those illustrated on the layer above. The diagram layers have numbers labelling anatomical features, the names of which are listed in the key on the left of the gatefold.

Also included in the box are ten small (A5 size) handbooks to accompany each atlas (the handbook for ‘female organs of generation and reproduction’ is missing - not included with the box set when purchased, as indicated in the Christies catalogue). The handbooks are simply printed text on white paper, and have about 20-40 pages.

The box set has been produced by “Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, King William St., Strand” using an English translation of the work of “Professor G.J. Witkowski, M.D.”

The 11 atlases cover the following subject areas:
1. Human body (neck and trunk)
2. The positions of the various organs of voice, speech and taste
3. The positions of the female organs of generation and reproduction
4. The mechanism of vision
5. The mechanism of hearing and mastication
6. The structure and function of the brain, the cerebellum and medulla oblongata
7. The positions of the male organs of generation and reproduction
8. The bones and ligaments of the human body
9. The bones and muscles of the hand
10. The bones and muscles of the foot
11. The progress of gestation

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