Gerdy, Pierre Nicolas

Anatomie des forms extérieures du corps humain, appliquée à la peinture, à la sculpture et à la chirurgie.

Publisher Information: Paris: Cechet jeune, 1829. Gerdy, Pierre Nicolas (1797-1856). Anatomie des forms extérieures du corps humain, appliquée à la peinture, à la sculpture et à la chirurgie. 8vo. [4], xxxiii, [1], 363pp. 3 plates. Paris: Céchet jeune; Brussels: Dépot de Librairie Médical Française, 1829. 215 x 134 mm. (uncut). Original plain wrappers, title in ink on spine, hinges splitting but holding, minor soiling. Minor worming, occasional foxing, but very good.

First Edition of this unusual artist's anatomy of the body’s exterior forms, “having particular reference to existing pictorial and sculptural representations” (Choulant, p. 347). Gerdy cited numerous artworks in European museums and galleries, which are listed in a detailed index at the end of his book. Gerdy was a professor of anatomy, physiology and surgery at the Faculté de Médecine; his name is associated with several anatomical eponyms, including “Gerdy’s tubercle” (lateral tubercle of the tibia).

Book Id: 45298

Price: $275.00