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Lot 457
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Sommering, Samuel Thomas: Tabula Sceleti Femini Juncta Descripione. Frankfurt-Am-Main: Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1797. Lg. folio, contemp. 1/4 calf & marbled bds; scuffed, front cover detached. With 7 engraved plates. Light to moderate foxing to title page & first 3 plates, other plates & text leaves clean. Garrison & Morton 401. Bound with: Icones Embryonum Humanorum. Frankfurt-am-Main: Varrentrapp U. Wenner, 1799. Folio, with 2 engraved plates. Light foxing. G & M. 473. Both tall copies. Leaf size 24 x 17 1/2 inches; 610 x 445mm. G & M. 401: "Sommering was noted for his accuracy in anatomical illustration,...[this] work is a fine example of his artistic sense...Great care was taken in selecting the most appropriate posture and contour of an ideally perfect female body..."