[Plate proofs for "Archives de médecine comparée"'].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rayer, Pierre François Olive, 1793-1867
Other Authors: Oudet (Engraver), Rémond, N. (Printer)
Format: Photo
Language:French
Published: [Paris] : [publisher], [1843]
Series:Archives de médecine comparée.
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Description
Item Description:Only 1 volume produced; these plates do not appear in that volume.
Place of publication from record for print title.
Plate impression 31 x 23.5 cm.
11 plates have "Archives de médecine comparée" either printed or written in the upper left.
6 plates have "Gravé par Oudet" printed in the lower left; 1 is written in lower right.
5 plates have "N. Rémond, imp." printed in lower right; 1 is written in lower left.
All plates have enumeration printed or written in upper right; there are 4 states of Pl. V and 2 states of Pl. VII.
7 plates have handwritten notes or numbers; note at foot of 1st state of Pl. VII is signed "Rayer".
Jonathan Hill, bookseller, description: Rayer founded the magazine "Archives of Comparative Medicine" in 1842. Only the first volume dated 1843 was published with 9 plates. We have here proofs corrected by Rayer plates for the following deliveries, which have never been published. It is a set of 14 lithographic plates, some in duplicate (numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 2 unnumbered), most refer to veterinary medicine. They show skulls, skeletons and anatomical details of birds, a cat's head, mites, etc. Corrections and legends in pencil of Rayer's hand, coloring test, instructions for the engraver ... Note Signed in pencil at the bottom of a board: "This board will be retouched with several dots of colored paper."
Physical Description:14 plates : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm