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Livor mortis zine : the wax cabinet. #3, Pt. 1/3.

Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.

The circumcision of Christ. Etching by J.M. Giovannini after G. Reni.

Flesh and wax.

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Flesh and wax.

The circumcision of Christ. Etching by J.M. Giovannini after G. Reni.

Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.