MASCAGNI, PAOLO. 1752-1815.


Anatomia Universale. Florence: Batelli, 1833. 2 volumes. Folio (462 x 308 mm). 150 engraved plates (75 partially printed in color and hand-finished, 75 duplicates in outline) by Serantoni. Modern half morocco, one original printed wrapper bound in. Some occasional spotting, tiny embossed stamp to margins of some plates.FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN AND FIRST "SMALL-FORMAT" EDITION. The smaller format edition, itself a generous folio, was prepared by the original artist/engraver of the elephant folio edition Serantoni, who realized that the life-size version, the labor of Mascagni's entire career, would be seen and owned by only a few. The original 88 plates were increased to 150 plates so that certain details could be separated out, and in some cases this resulted in a clearer presentation of the subject matter than in the large format edition. Garrison-Morton 409.1; Roberts & Tomlinson p. 390; Wellcome IV, p 73.