Anatomy improv'd and illustrated with regard to the uses thereof in designing : not only laid down from an examen of the bones and muscles of the human body, but also demonstrated and exemplified from the most celebrated antique statues in Rome : exhibited in a great number of copper plates, with all the figures in various views : intended originally for ye use of the Royal French Academy of Painting and Sculpture /

Re-engraved by Michael van der Gucht and others after the original edition published at Rome in 1691.

The plates are included in the foliation and also numbered I-XLII. Engraved throughout.

Mode of access: Internet.

Binding: contemporary boards; new spine; printed paper label on front board; 5 sheets of drawing studies loosely inserted. Signature of W. Smith, leaf [3].