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Engraved anatomy plate showing a large human skull in side profile with lettered labels, plus smaller inset drawings of a skull fragment and a bone.

Anthropologia nova, or, a new system of anatomy. Describing the animal oeconomy, and a short rationale of many distempers incident to human bodies : in which are inserted divers anatomical discoveries, and medicinal observations, with the history of the parts illustrated with above fourscore figures, drawn after the life and to every chapter a syllabus of the parts describ'd, for the instruction of young anatomists / by James Drake ... [Appendix].

An engraved plate from an early anatomy book shows a human skull in profile at large scale, labelled with letters and the caption Fig. I and Tab. XVIII. Smaller inset views show a skull fragment with teeth and a separate bone, all rendered in fine hatched line on a pale page.

Artist
James Drake
Date
1707
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2670 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1707.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Cráneo humano de perfil, de la Anthropologia nova de Drake (1707)

Una lámina grabada de un libro temprano de anatomía muestra un cráneo humano de perfil a gran escala, con letras de referencia y la leyenda Fig. I y Tab. XVIII. Dos vistas menores muestran un fragmento craneal con dientes y un hueso aislado, en trazos finos y sombreados.

Português: Crânio humano de perfil, da Anthropologia nova de Drake (1707)

Uma gravura de um antigo livro de anatomia mostra um crânio humano de perfil em grande escala, com letras de referência e a legenda Fig. I e Tab. XVIII. Duas vistas menores exibem um fragmento craniano com dentes e um osso isolado, em traços finos e hachurados.

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