The Proportions Of The Human Figure, As Handed Down To Us By Vitruvius, From The Writings Of The Famous Sculptors And Painters Of Antiquity: To Which Is Added, The Admirable Method Of Measuring The Figure, Invented By John Gibson, Sculptor; With Description And Illustrative Outlines By Joseph Bonomi. -

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/2049

Imprint

Charles Roberson & Co., 99, Long Acre,, London, W.C. -: 1872.

Physical Description

15, [1] p., 3 dble. pl.; 211 mm. (Octavo.)

Contents

[T.p.] - Preface - Preface To The Third Edition; [note] - [Text] - Advertisement - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

The second plate is signed 'JB del'; the third, 'Joseph Bonomi invt et del' and 'Photo-Lithographed by Whiteman & Bass London'.

The text printer is named on the verso of the title page: 'Dryden Press: J. Davy & Sons, 137 Long Acre, London'.

Summary Note

A note on the verso of the Preface To The Third Edition states, 'Large Lithographs of Plates I, II and III, to be had separately of the Publisher.'

The text is followed by an Advertisement listing works by Samuel Sharpe and / or Joseph Bonomi.

Provenance

The title page is inscribed in ink, 'Library of the Royal Academy From the Author 72 10 17' [i.e. Bonomi?].

Binding Note

19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Proportions Of The Human Figure'; spine unlettered.

Name as Subject

Subject

Proportion - Anatomy - Sculpture
Essays - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Photolithographs - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

John Gibson RA
Joseph Bonomi, draughtsman, previous owner, donor
John Davy, printer
Charles Roberson, publisher
Whiteman and Bass, lithographic printer
John Davy and Sons (London), printer
Charles Roberson and Company (London), publisher