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VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-64). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, August 1555.
Large 2o (410 x 270 mm). Collation: a-z A-T. V. (6 + fold-out sheet signed X, 6+1 signed X2) Y-Z aa. bb. (5 + 1 fold-out sheet) cc-zz. Aa. Bb-Ee.. 441 leaves and 2 folding sheets (folding sheets creased and with small tears at edge, old repairs on verso). Roman and italic types, occasional use of Greek and Hebrew types, printed shoulder notes. Woodcut pictorial title, author's portrait, and printer's device; 9 large woodcut initials, 183 mid-sized woodcut initials, 22 small woodcut initials; more than 200 woodcut illustrations, including 3 full-page skeletons, 14 full-page muscle-men, 5 large diagrams of veins and nerves, 10 mid-sized views of the abdomen, 2 mid-sized views of the thorax, 13 mid-sized views of the skull and brain, and numerous smaller views of bones, organs and anatomical parts. (Title much worn and restored, reinforced on verso, and with tear on foremargin affecting lower right image, a2 soiled and with old repairs affecting final line of text, lacking a6, mostly marginal dampstaining, heaviest at beginning, marginal hole in final leaf.) Contemporary limp vellum (worn, front cover and spine loose).
Third (second folio) edition. The second folio edition of De humani corporis fabrica was, like the first, printed by Johannes Oporinus in Basel. The text, incorporating Vesalius' final revisions, was reset in larger type, with 49 instead of 50 lines to the page, and was printed on larger and heavier paper. The initials were recut to fit the new type size, and the frontispiece was also recut with several differences of detail. The anatomical illustrations, however, and the portrait of Vesalius were reprinted from the 1543 woodblocks. Sold not subject to return. Adams V-605; Choulant-Frank pp.181-82; Cushing VI.A.-3; Garrison-Morton-Norman 377; NLM/Durling 4579; Norman 2139; Osler 568; Waller 9901; Wellcome 6562.
Large 2o (410 x 270 mm). Collation: a-z A-T. V. (6 + fold-out sheet signed X, 6+1 signed X2) Y-Z aa. bb. (5 + 1 fold-out sheet) cc-zz. Aa. Bb-Ee.. 441 leaves and 2 folding sheets (folding sheets creased and with small tears at edge, old repairs on verso). Roman and italic types, occasional use of Greek and Hebrew types, printed shoulder notes. Woodcut pictorial title, author's portrait, and printer's device; 9 large woodcut initials, 183 mid-sized woodcut initials, 22 small woodcut initials; more than 200 woodcut illustrations, including 3 full-page skeletons, 14 full-page muscle-men, 5 large diagrams of veins and nerves, 10 mid-sized views of the abdomen, 2 mid-sized views of the thorax, 13 mid-sized views of the skull and brain, and numerous smaller views of bones, organs and anatomical parts. (Title much worn and restored, reinforced on verso, and with tear on foremargin affecting lower right image, a2 soiled and with old repairs affecting final line of text, lacking a6, mostly marginal dampstaining, heaviest at beginning, marginal hole in final leaf.) Contemporary limp vellum (worn, front cover and spine loose).
Third (second folio) edition. The second folio edition of De humani corporis fabrica was, like the first, printed by Johannes Oporinus in Basel. The text, incorporating Vesalius' final revisions, was reset in larger type, with 49 instead of 50 lines to the page, and was printed on larger and heavier paper. The initials were recut to fit the new type size, and the frontispiece was also recut with several differences of detail. The anatomical illustrations, however, and the portrait of Vesalius were reprinted from the 1543 woodblocks. Sold not subject to return. Adams V-605; Choulant-Frank pp.181-82; Cushing VI.A.-3; Garrison-Morton-Norman 377; NLM/Durling 4579; Norman 2139; Osler 568; Waller 9901; Wellcome 6562.