VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). Icones anatomicae, New York & Munich: [Bremer Press], 1934-35, large 2°, number 272 of 615 copies, title printed from the original woodblock of the second edition of 1555, 227 woodcut illustrations printed from the original blocks, 50 facsimile woodcut illustrations, address "To the Reader" inserted loose, original half pigskin (minor soiling). [Norman 2145] Provenance: JCL

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VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). Icones anatomicae, New York & Munich: [Bremer Press], 1934-35, large 2°, number 272 of 615 copies, title printed from the original woodblock of the second edition of 1555, 227 woodcut illustrations printed from the original blocks, 50 facsimile woodcut illustrations, address "To the Reader" inserted loose, original half pigskin (minor soiling). [Norman 2145] Provenance: JCL

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The original woodblocks of the Fabrica were discovered in the University of Munich in 1893 but were destroyed during the bombing of Munich in 1943. The woodblock title was destroyed 3 years earlier with the bombing of the University of Louvain (see illustrations on catalogue cover).

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