MEDICINE - Anatomy - Albinus, B. S. (i.e. W. v. Weissenlöw). Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani. With engraved title vignette. Title vignette, engraved dedic. Dedication leaf and 40 copper plates by J. Wandelaar (12 of which are outline engravings). Leiden, J. &. H. Verbeek, 1747. imperial folio (68 × 50 cm). [48] pp. Old restored half leather binding of the period with gilt spine label and gilt spine (capitals, joints and corners neatly replaced, somewhat rubbed). Wellcome II, 26 - Choulant/Fr. 281 - Garrison/M. 399 - Norman 29: "among the most artistically perfect of anatomical atlases ... Wandelaar placed his skeletons and musclemen against lush ornamental backgrounds to give them the illusion of vitality, using contrasts of mass and light to produce a three-dimensional effect." - First edition of this splendid anatomical work. - Some fingerstaining and foxing, 6 plates more heavily browned, occasional slight loss.