Anatomical drawing lessons, printed in sanguine by Ploos van Amstel, [ca. 1826]. India in the year one thousand

in the year one thousand and forty-eight

This large drawing shows an Arab desert encampment

The manuscript that we offer here is a striking example of his method of compiling other authors’ works

Louis & Henry van Dole

which was also illustrated with a plate showing the execution by elephant

Anatomical drawing lessons, printed in sanguine by Ploos van Amstel, [ca. 1826]. India in the year one thousandAnatomical drawing lessons Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726 1798). Aanleiding tot de kennis der anatomie, in de tekenkunst, betrekkelijk het menschbeeld. Nieuwe uitgave. Amsterdam, S. de Grebber, [ca. 1826]. 8. 4, [4], IV, 12, 114 pp. With an engraved vignette at the head of the dedication and 27 engraved plates (9 printed in sanguine, these are folding). Contemporary half calf with marbled sides, green morocco title shield, marbled endpapers. Very