Dec 22, 2014 19:20:00

An artistic book 'Anatomia Humani Corporis' with a beautiful boy with an open chest engraved on the leather cover

There are various binding books in the world, such as the 'human skin binding book' that is bound with human skin, but the chest was cut open with the motif of the anatomical sketch performed during the Renaissance period. 'Anatomia Humani Corporis ' is a hand-carved leather representation of a young boy. It is a semi-three-dimensional artistic binding book, and it is possible to actually purchase it.

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This is 'Anatomia Humani Corporis'

The size is 27 cm x 20 cm x 8 cm.

250 sheets of paper are used inside, and the total is 500 pages.

The spine looks like this.

back.

The binding is made of leather and is hand-engraved in the image of an anatomical sketch from the Renaissance period. The hanging chain is not a bookmark, but is attached to the bookshelf to prevent theft.

The state of the entire binding.

The ribs are drawn on the first sheet by flipping the cover.

The inside is plain. The paper is vintage-processed and is suitable for sketching with ink.

So that it can be securely fastened with a metal button.

The terrifyingly laborious 'Anatomia Humani Corporis' is hand-carved and processed one by one, so it is impossible to make exactly the same thing, but make something with a similar design. It is possible. It seems that we also sell orders by contacting us from the email address listed on the

web page.

In addition, aLexLibris

makes hardcover books with various designs. The following is a handmade leather book 'The Great Grimoire' where you can write about magic and spells.

The Great Grimoire ... by alexlibris999 on DeviantArt