Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 303

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
YAGGY, L. W. Yaggy's Anatomical Study. Album of 10 chromolithographs on coated stock, including 3 with multiple superimposed flaps showing successive layers of human anatomy. Folio, approximately 730x430 mm, original cloth with fold-over flap; few stains, hinges of several flaps worn, top ear overlay loose; contemporary cloth sleeve, worn and partly discolored. Chicago: Western Publishing House, 1886

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Produced for classroom display: the plates show a full-size male trunk, with 11 overlays; arm and leg, with 5 overlays each; skeleton; 3 depictions of the circulatory system; nervous system; tissue sections; 3 depictions of effects of excessive alcohol consumption on the digestive tract; and head, ear, and eye, with 5, 2, and 5 overlays, respectively.