EUSTACHIUS, Bartholomaeus (c.1500-1574). Tabulae anatomicae, edited by J.M. Lancisius, Amsterdam: apud R. & G. Wetstenios, 1722, 4°, second edition, title printed in red and black, engraved vignette of a dissection scene after P.L. Gherrinus, 47 engraved plates, woodcut initials (? lacking graduated scale plate, perforation stamp and faint ink stamps on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, plate 2 with paper fault running through, occasional marginal spotting, B4 repaired, one gathering detached), contemporary sheep (worn, partially rebacked with cloth, inner hinges weak). [Blake p. 139; Choulant/Frank p. 202; Wellcome I, p. 536; cf. GM 391 & Norman 740 for first edition of 1714] Provenance: JCL

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EUSTACHIUS, Bartholomaeus (c.1500-1574). Tabulae anatomicae, edited by J.M. Lancisius, Amsterdam: apud R. & G. Wetstenios, 1722, 4°, second edition, title printed in red and black, engraved vignette of a dissection scene after P.L. Gherrinus, 47 engraved plates, woodcut initials (? lacking graduated scale plate, perforation stamp and faint ink stamps on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, plate 2 with paper fault running through, occasional marginal spotting, B4 repaired, one gathering detached), contemporary sheep (worn, partially rebacked with cloth, inner hinges weak). [Blake p. 139; Choulant/Frank p. 202; Wellcome I, p. 536; cf. GM 391 & Norman 740 for first edition of 1714] Provenance: JCL

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The plates were drawn by Eustachius and engraved in 1552. They languished, unprinted and forgotten in the Vatican Library until they were rediscovered and published by Lancisi in 1714. They were the first anatomical copper-plates and are considered more accurate than the work of Vesalius.

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