Engraved title page (Exercitationes practicæ)
Descriptive Title: Engraved title page.
Artist: Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI027-0001
Scope and Content: Title page, engraved by Joseph Mulder, shows Asklepios with his rod and serpent wand among the sick. In the background is an ancient temple. Figures include Apollo, father of Asklepios, Aphrodite, mother of the world, and Clotho, one of the Fates. Behind a column is Time with his scythe and hour glass. On the pillars and walls hand various surgical instruments, including cupping glasses. Among the diseases depicted are arthritis, rickets, abdominal cysts, hydrocele, and tumours of the legs and buttocks.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Exercitationes practicæ
Author: Dekkers, Frederick, 1644-1720.
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Jordanum Luchtmans [et] Cornelium Boutesteyn, 1695
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Engraved title page (Exercitationes practicæ)
Descriptive Title: Engraved title page.
Artist: Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI027-0001
Scope and Content: Title page, engraved by Joseph Mulder, shows Asklepios with his rod and serpent wand among the sick. In the background is an ancient temple. Figures include Apollo, father of Asklepios, Aphrodite, mother of the world, and Clotho, one of the Fates. Behind a column is Time with his scythe and hour glass. On the pillars and walls hand various surgical instruments, including cupping glasses. Among the diseases depicted are arthritis, rickets, abdominal cysts, hydrocele, and tumours of the legs and buttocks.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Exercitationes practicæ
Author: Dekkers, Frederick, 1644-1720.
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Jordanum Luchtmans [et] Cornelium Boutesteyn, 1695
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm