Proportions du corps humain, début d'anatomie, expression et leurs applications. 36 leçons théoriques à l'usage des élèves du cours supérieur de décorations. Proportieleer beginselen van ontileedkunde uitdrukkeingsleer en hunne toepassing. 36 theoretische lessen over teekenen ten gebruike van de studenten der heegere leergangen.Contents include 6 parts in individual illustrated paper covers (with a repeating design by Speybrouck) each containing 6 plates illustrated in colour and black-&-white).Large folio, 490 x 330, preserved within the publisher’s cloth back portfolio with printed covers.Antwerpen: Maeyens uitgeverij, [1933].
An exceedingly rare Art-Deco artistic anatomical atlas.The large scale plates demonstrate both male and female proportions in a striking deco style.Includes one plate exploring the profiles of different ethnicities, which is certainly insensitive by today’s standards.Descriptive text in both Dutch and French.
OCLC finds three copies in the US; U. of Colorado Boulder, The Wolfsonian, and the National Library of Medicine.The first folder is split at the folds, some toning the edges of a few plates, overall a very good copy of this virtually unknown work.
