![[VESALIUS, Andreas]. LEVELING, Heinrich Palmaz (1742-98). Anatomische Erklärung der Original-Figuren von Andreas Vesal, samt einer Anwendung der Winslowischen Zergliederungslehre in sieben Büchern. Ingolstadt: Anton Attenzhouer, 1783. 2° (435 x 272 mm). Pictorial woodcut title from the first folio edition, letterpress title dated 1783 with engraved vignette portrait of Leveling by Jungwierth dated 1782, 2 full-page woodcuts from the Epitome (1543), and over 200 woodcut text illustrations of which 22 full-page. (Lacking blank 2*2 and 2U2, occasional soiling, a few stains.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (front joint cracked, extremities rubbed, spine with a few small wormholes).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0165_000(vesalius_andreas_leveling_heinrich_palmaz_anatomische_erklarung_der_or022009).jpg?w=1)
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[VESALIUS, Andreas]. LEVELING, Heinrich Palmaz (1742-98). Anatomische Erklärung der Original-Figuren von Andreas Vesal, samt einer Anwendung der Winslowischen Zergliederungslehre in sieben Büchern. Ingolstadt: Anton Attenzhouer, 1783. 2° (435 x 272 mm). Pictorial woodcut title from the first folio edition, letterpress title dated 1783 with engraved vignette portrait of Leveling by Jungwierth dated 1782, 2 full-page woodcuts from the Epitome (1543), and over 200 woodcut text illustrations of which 22 full-page. (Lacking blank 2*2 and 2U2, occasional soiling, a few stains.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (front joint cracked, extremities rubbed, spine with a few small wormholes).
SECOND EDITION, LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES, many of which were sold by subscription. It is the second (and usual) issue of the last edition to use the original woodblocks of the Fabrica and Epitome prior to the Bremer Presse edition of 1934-35. The blocks were destroyed in the bombing of Munich during World War II. For this edition, the distinguished Bavarian anatomist and surgeon H. P. Leveling prepared a German translation of Vesalius's brief explanation for each of the woodcuts together with the original text immediately following each chapter heading in the Fabrica, revising the text throughout according to the work of anatomist Jakob Winslow (1669-1760). The book was issued to subscribers in fascicles between 1781 and 1783. Cushing was able to locate only two copies of the rare first issue dated 1781 (Cushing VI.A-14). Some copies contain either a short list of subscribers issued with the first fascicle (as here) or a longer list issued with the last. Cushing VI.A-15; Heirs of Hippocrates 1042; Osler 573; Waller 5752; Wellcome III, p. 508, 33374.
SECOND EDITION, LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES, many of which were sold by subscription. It is the second (and usual) issue of the last edition to use the original woodblocks of the Fabrica and Epitome prior to the Bremer Presse edition of 1934-35. The blocks were destroyed in the bombing of Munich during World War II. For this edition, the distinguished Bavarian anatomist and surgeon H. P. Leveling prepared a German translation of Vesalius's brief explanation for each of the woodcuts together with the original text immediately following each chapter heading in the Fabrica, revising the text throughout according to the work of anatomist Jakob Winslow (1669-1760). The book was issued to subscribers in fascicles between 1781 and 1783. Cushing was able to locate only two copies of the rare first issue dated 1781 (Cushing VI.A-14). Some copies contain either a short list of subscribers issued with the first fascicle (as here) or a longer list issued with the last. Cushing VI.A-15; Heirs of Hippocrates 1042; Osler 573; Waller 5752; Wellcome III, p. 508, 33374.