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Published by TASCHEN, 2006, softcover, illustrated, 575 pages, condition: very good.
Presents a collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. This book features a selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to delicate pores of the skin. It also features the human body mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail.
Beautiful photographs detailing the collection of one of the most interesting museums in the world, truly incredible! Bought this Encyclopaedia for my research rather than just using the digital copy on archive.org and was so glad I did, the quality of the photos is brought into sharp relief in when viewing them on the page in a way that just doesn't come through with on-screen images for me.
The Encyclopaedia also contains a series of essays on the history of wax anatomical figures and how they came to be a kind of cottage industry in Florence that were, again, very useful for my research at the time.
Not sure who else, besides niche researchers, is buying something like this, but it's definitely one that I'm glad to have in my collection!
