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[VESALIUS]. PLATTER, Félix (1536-1614). Liber Tertius. Corporis humani partium pericones delineatarum explicatio. Part III only. Basel: Froben, 1583.
2o (287 x 190 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title, and 43 (of 50) plates printed with etched plates on rectos and letterpress text on versos. (Lacking 7 plates and text on versos, plate 50 partially defective, some marginal fraying and wear at end.) Later wrappers (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION of the third part containing the Vesalian plate suite. One of the earliest supporters of Vesalius, Platter is credited with performing the first public dissection in Germany in 1557. The present work was intended for the student and brought him considerable fame. The "Liber tertius" ... has a special title-page, and consists of 50 engraved plates with accompanying letterpress. "The third book contains 50 etched copperplates The etching was done perhaps by Abel Stimmer. The illustrations are chiefly after Vesalius. Haller thinks that some of the figures are the results of Platter's personal investigations" (Choulant-Frank, p. 216). See Cushing, pp. 97-98; Cushing VI.D.-21; Eimas 372; NLM/Durling 3683; Waller 7504; Wellcome I, 5084.
2o (287 x 190 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title, and 43 (of 50) plates printed with etched plates on rectos and letterpress text on versos. (Lacking 7 plates and text on versos, plate 50 partially defective, some marginal fraying and wear at end.) Later wrappers (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION of the third part containing the Vesalian plate suite. One of the earliest supporters of Vesalius, Platter is credited with performing the first public dissection in Germany in 1557. The present work was intended for the student and brought him considerable fame. The "Liber tertius" ... has a special title-page, and consists of 50 engraved plates with accompanying letterpress. "The third book contains 50 etched copperplates The etching was done perhaps by Abel Stimmer. The illustrations are chiefly after Vesalius. Haller thinks that some of the figures are the results of Platter's personal investigations" (Choulant-Frank, p. 216). See Cushing, pp. 97-98; Cushing VI.D.-21; Eimas 372; NLM/Durling 3683; Waller 7504; Wellcome I, 5084.