Portrait of Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) mb-code WA5677118 gaze toward the viewer

gaze toward the viewer

View of 'the uterine surface of the foetal portion of the cotyledon [of the cow]

Plate 1 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain

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Portrait of Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) mb-code WA5677118 gaze toward the viewerHead and shoulders portrait of Laplace wearing decorations on his dark coat and a ribbon over his embroidered waistcoat. Laplace looks to the right as viewed. Inscribed: 'Engraved by J. Posselwhite. LA PLACE. From an original Picture by Negeon in the possession of the Marchioness De la Place. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight Pall Mall East.' In pencil lower left: 'Born