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MONTANA DE MONSERRATE, BERNARDINO. Libro de la Anothomia del
hombre. Valladolid: Sebastian Martinez, 1551. 12 woodcut anatomical plates, mostly full-page, after Vesalius. Small folio, later half morocco, lower joint renewed, corners repaired; title-page defective, lower corner and most of fore-edge patched affecting 14 lines of text (supplied in manuscript), lacking true leaf D3 (fo. xxvii), fo. xxvi (mis-signed Diii) present in duplicate, lacks R8 (colophon leaf), R7 with fore-margin patched (affecting border rules), some staining and browning throughout, some margins trimmed close (affecting a few shoulder notes and foliation slightly). FIRST EDITION of the first work on anatomy in Spanish with illustrations. Bookplate of Yale Medical Library. Waller 6647; NLM/Durling 3239; Palau 177538. Sold not subject to return.
hombre. Valladolid: Sebastian Martinez, 1551. 12 woodcut anatomical plates, mostly full-page, after Vesalius. Small folio, later half morocco, lower joint renewed, corners repaired; title-page defective, lower corner and most of fore-edge patched affecting 14 lines of text (supplied in manuscript), lacking true leaf D3 (fo. xxvii), fo. xxvi (mis-signed Diii) present in duplicate, lacks R8 (colophon leaf), R7 with fore-margin patched (affecting border rules), some staining and browning throughout, some margins trimmed close (affecting a few shoulder notes and foliation slightly). FIRST EDITION of the first work on anatomy in Spanish with illustrations. Bookplate of Yale Medical Library. Waller 6647; NLM/Durling 3239; Palau 177538. Sold not subject to return.