Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (page 2/2)

Title Page, Osteographia

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. They are standing on teh edge of a forest; on the left, I think an artist is using an elaborate wooden screen from the sun and wind to help him make a [...] [more...]

Deer Skeleton from 18th century engraving

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. [more...]

Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engraving

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 [...] [more...]