Skeleton torso, for Cheselden's Osteographia, Works of Art, RA Collection

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Osteographia, or The Anatomy of The Bones in Fifty-Six Plates by William Cheselden Every Bone in The Human Body Is Here Delineated As Large As The Lif

Historical Anatomies on the Web: William Cheselden Home

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.

Osteographia, Or the Anatomy of the Bones in Fifty-Six Plates by William Cheselden Every Bone in the Human Body Is Here Delineated As Large As the Life, This Work Was Executed in a Camera Obscura Contrived on Purpose by the Author, [Book]

Historical Anatomies on the Web: William Cheselden Home

The bones of the leg and the foot, for Cheselden's Osteographia

Skeletons in the Stacks: Cheselden's Spine-Tingling Osteological

Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones by Cheselden, William: (1997) Limited Edition [500].

William Cheselden's Osteographia (1733) – The Public Domain Review

Skeleton Illustration from William Cheselden (1688-1752