PLATTER, Felix (1536-1614). De corporis humani structura et usu libri III, Basle: Ludovic König, 1603, 2 parts in one volume, 4°, second edition, Froben's woodcut device on Bb4v, 50 full-page etched copperplates possibly by A. Stimmer (blind stamp on title and plate 48, accession stamp on *2, marginal repair on *3, light browning, occasional staining to inner margin, lacking final leaf), later vellum-backed marbled boards (rubbed, section of backstrip lacking). [Choulant/Frank p. 216; Krivatsy 9060] Provenance: Ignatius Dominicus S. R. J. Comtes de Chorinsky (bookplate)

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PLATTER, Felix (1536-1614). De corporis humani structura et usu libri III, Basle: Ludovic König, 1603, 2 parts in one volume, 4°, second edition, Froben's woodcut device on Bb4v, 50 full-page etched copperplates possibly by A. Stimmer (blind stamp on title and plate 48, accession stamp on *2, marginal repair on *3, light browning, occasional staining to inner margin, lacking final leaf), later vellum-backed marbled boards (rubbed, section of backstrip lacking). [Choulant/Frank p. 216; Krivatsy 9060] Provenance: Ignatius Dominicus S. R. J. Comtes de Chorinsky (bookplate)

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Platter was one of the earliest supporters of Vesalius and one of the earliest German anatomists to dissect the human body. Many of his plates were copied from Vesalius.

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