Happy Title Page Thursday! This example introduces a 1757 edition of the Swiss anatomist and natural
Happy Title Page Thursday! This example introduces a 1757 edition of the Swiss anatomist and naturalist Albrecht von Haller’s Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani, a work of physiology and anatomy. While the book doesn’t have a full-page elaborate frontispiece, it does feature this thematically appropriate title engraving of two tiny cherubs showing off their anatomical drawings in front of what appears to be a rather unfortunate ungulate. -- source link
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