Early Myology or The Muscles Human Anatomy Bookplate Engraving on Laid vintage nesting boxes others initialed on back (the

others initialed on back (the smaller of these two is initialed C

Crazing to the glaze all over as well dark spots here and there

stands steady on its own

From the fish-shaped weathervane on the barn to the shutter hanging open to the bucket on the fence to the pair of horseshoes at lower right next to the artist's initials

presumably done by a child

Early Myology or The Muscles Human Anatomy Bookplate Engraving on Laid vintage nesting boxes others initialed on back (theI haven't found an exact match for this one out there so am not sure what volume it came from, but clearly it is quite an old engraving, late 18th early 19th c. I believe, on laid paper. The text details 76 exterior and 53 interior muscles of the body corresponding to numbers on the beautifully rendered bodies, with a enlarged detail of a "simple regular muscle" at top right. I especially love the face on our man at right. It appears this was cut down