MACLISE, JOSEPH. 1815-1880.


Surgical Anatomy. London: John Churchill, 1851. Folio (525 x 363 mm). 35 partially hand-colored lithographed plates. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Dampstaining to bottom margins, light foxing.WITH: Second edition. London: John Churchill, 1856. Folio (525 x 370 mm). 52 partially hand-colored lithographed plates. Contemporary half brown morocco and textured cloth, marbled endpapers. Joints cracking, chips to spine, scattered foxing.This impressive atlas is notable for its dramatic lithographic illustrations, extremely detailed and lifelike, with hand-coloring only as needed to highlight significant anatomical features. "In a class by itself is the work of the London anatomist Joseph Maclise.... The Maclise volume represents a supreme artistic achievement in anatomical illustration, and it anticipates the work of the Johns Hopkins medical illustrator, Max Broedel" (F. Cordasco, American Medical Imprints, 1985). Maclise studied at University College, London, a student of Robert Liston and Samuel Cooper. His fine anatomical publications are reminiscent of the style of his famous artist brother, Daniel Maclise (1806-1870). The plates for this work show both his considerable artistry as well as fine scholarship. Heirs of Hippocrates 1751.