Early Myology or The Muscles Human Anatomy Bookplate Engraving on Laid vintage nesting boxes with color form triangles that

with color form triangles that rotate over top

or nothing

masks like this were traditionally thought to contain the spirit of ancestors

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

stands steady on its own

Early Myology or The Muscles Human Anatomy Bookplate Engraving on Laid vintage nesting boxes with color form triangles thatI 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