Muscles and bones of the thigh. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1749.

Muscles of the head, neck, and pelvis. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a wall and a rocky landscape in the background. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1747.

An écorché figure, side view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a tomb and an arch in the background. Engraving by L.P. Boitard after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the pelvis and thigh. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1749.

An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a stream in the background. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the head and trunk. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Bones and muscles of the neck, foot and ribcage. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a tomb and a hilly landscape in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the upper arm and forearm. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the leg and foot. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 56.5 x 40.4 cm

An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 58.2 x 42 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 56.6 x 40 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 56.6 x 40.7 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 58 x 42.2 cm

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Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770. Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani. English

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An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the pelvis and thigh. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1749.

An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a stream in the background. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the upper arm and forearm. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

Muscles and bones of the thigh. Engraving by G. Scotin after B.S. Albinus, 1749.