JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There is a real fabulousness in design for these images made by anatomist/physiologist Jean-Baptiste Sarlandiere (1787-1838) in his anatomy of 1829 (Anatomie méthodique, ou Organographie humaine en tableaux synoptiques, avec figures. Paris: Chez les libraires de médecine, et chez l’auteur, 1829). Or at least the organize has achieved some high order of merit, both in the lettering/numbering and display of the anatomical object…and in their placement and arrangement on the sheets of paper. They’re just very pleasing: the very detailed and complex images are stuffed but concise, and the multiple-image placements are composed of very detail small bits with plenty of free space. They’re just very well-designed.
[Source: National Library of Medicine, here.]
