VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). Anatomes Totius, aere insculpta delineatio, cui addita est epitome innumeris mendis repurgata, quam de corporis humani fabrica conscripsit clariss. And. Vesalius: ei qui accessit Partium Corporis tum Simplicium tum compositarum brevis elucidatio, per Jacobum Grevinum, Paris: Apud Andream Wechelum, 1564. 2° (363 x 260mm.). Wood-engraved printer's device on title, full-page armorial illustration on verso of title, printed in double column, 39 engraved plates only (of 40), headpieces and initials. (Small rusthole in title not affecting letters, some mainly marginal spotting, more pronounced at upper edges, marginal staining at lower edge, one plate with printing flaw resulting in smudging of ink). Contemporary vellum. (Rather stained and wrinkled). Provenance: P. Martinius (old signature on title); G. CUVIER (stamp on title); Museum library stamp on title. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), renowned French natural historian.