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GEMINUS, Thomas (ca. 1510-1563). Compendiosa totius anatomiae delineatio, aere exarata. London: John Herford, October 1545.
2o (383 x 278 mm). 44 irregularly signed typographical sheets printed on both sides of the paper, 41 unnumbered engraved sheets (one folding), printed on one side. Engraved armorial, architectural and allegorical title, author's 2-page letterpress dedication to Henry VIII, text in double column, roman type, 6-line woodcut historiated initials; the illustrations comprising a fold-out engraving of the external anatomy of Adam and Eve, 3 skeletal engravings, 16 muscular engravings, 5 arterial and venous engravings, 4 neural engravings, 6 engravings of organs, 4 cerebral engravings, and one engraving of ocular parts and surgical instruments, many of the engravings with several separately numbered figures, all by the author after Vesalius' woodcuts. (Outer portion of the fold-out plate defective and restored, with Eve's lower fore-arm and hand supplied in skillful facsimile, muscular plate 15 torn and repaired, small repairs in gutter margin of engraved title, repaired tears in blank areas of 3rd venous plate and first organ plate and to text leaf E4, lower blank margins of 1st and 2nd muscular plates renewed, top and bottom of engraved title and platemarks or lower margins of 18 plates discreetly strengthened with archival tissue on versos, a few minor marginal repairs or tears to text leaves.) 17th-century plain vellum over pasteboard, speckled edges (endpapers renewed). Provenance: "Rigollot" (18th-century inscription on upper cover).
FIRST EDITION of Geminus' abridgement of Vesalius' Epitome, the first and one of the most important of the many 16th- and 17th-century pirated versions and plagiarisms of Vesalius. The work contains the first appearance of the Vesalian images after the publication of the Fabrica in 1543 and represents the earliest substantial use of engravings in any medical book. "Although by tradition and Vesalius's own comments this work has been considered the first of the many plagiarisms of Vesalius's Fabrica and Epitome, Geminus gave full credit to Vesalius in a bold headline on the first leaf of text. He did, however, redraw Vesalius's woodcuts without permission. This is the second work printed in England with engraved plates [the first, Thomas Raynalde's 1540 Byrth of mankinde contained 4 small unsigned engravings that have been probably erroneously attributed to Geminus]. The new medium of copperplate engraving used by Geminus allowed a sharpness of line impossible for the wood engravers employed by Vesalius. This is in fact the first medical book illustrated with a suite of full-page engraved plates. The title page was called by Hind 'the first engraving of any artistic importance produced in England'. The book provided a summary view of Vesalius's discoveries more complete than the Epitome but without the size and expense of the Fabrica" (Garrison-Morton).
Choulant-Frank pp. 192-194; Cushing VI.C.-2; Garrison-Morton 376.1; NLM/Durling 2039; Norman 886; STC 11714; Stillwell Science 645; Wellcome 2731.
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FIRST EDITION of Geminus' abridgement of Vesalius' Epitome, the first and one of the most important of the many 16th- and 17th-century pirated versions and plagiarisms of Vesalius. The work contains the first appearance of the Vesalian images after the publication of the Fabrica in 1543 and represents the earliest substantial use of engravings in any medical book. "Although by tradition and Vesalius's own comments this work has been considered the first of the many plagiarisms of Vesalius's Fabrica and Epitome, Geminus gave full credit to Vesalius in a bold headline on the first leaf of text. He did, however, redraw Vesalius's woodcuts without permission. This is the second work printed in England with engraved plates [the first, Thomas Raynalde's 1540 Byrth of mankinde contained 4 small unsigned engravings that have been probably erroneously attributed to Geminus]. The new medium of copperplate engraving used by Geminus allowed a sharpness of line impossible for the wood engravers employed by Vesalius. This is in fact the first medical book illustrated with a suite of full-page engraved plates. The title page was called by Hind 'the first engraving of any artistic importance produced in England'. The book provided a summary view of Vesalius's discoveries more complete than the Epitome but without the size and expense of the Fabrica" (Garrison-Morton).
Choulant-Frank pp. 192-194; Cushing VI.C.-2; Garrison-Morton 376.1; NLM/Durling 2039; Norman 886; STC 11714; Stillwell Science 645; Wellcome 2731.