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VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Venice: Franciscus Francisci and Johann Criegher, 1568.
Third folio edition. Leaf 2d5 (p321) contains figures to be cut out and superimposed on the illustration on 2d3; it is left intact in this copy. The illustrations are reduced copies of the blocks cut for the first edition (Basel, 1543). 'The copying was done from the Oporin edition of 1555 and includes eight additions made in 1555. The Basel woodcuts are attributed to Jan Stephan van Calcar, a pupil of Titian. Franceschi states in his dedication to Antonio Montecatini that Giovanni Chrieger cut these Venice copies' (Mortimer). Adams V-606; Harvard Italian 529; Osler 569.
Folio (326 x 220mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut illustrations and initials (marginal repair on title-page, closed tear on G5, occasional repairs, scattered light staining). 20th-century morocco, gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Julius de Serralius 8 ?Palariensis (early title inscription).
Third folio edition. Leaf 2d5 (p321) contains figures to be cut out and superimposed on the illustration on 2d3; it is left intact in this copy. The illustrations are reduced copies of the blocks cut for the first edition (Basel, 1543). 'The copying was done from the Oporin edition of 1555 and includes eight additions made in 1555. The Basel woodcuts are attributed to Jan Stephan van Calcar, a pupil of Titian. Franceschi states in his dedication to Antonio Montecatini that Giovanni Chrieger cut these Venice copies' (Mortimer). Adams V-606; Harvard Italian 529; Osler 569.
Folio (326 x 220mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut illustrations and initials (marginal repair on title-page, closed tear on G5, occasional repairs, scattered light staining). 20th-century morocco, gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Julius de Serralius 8 ?Palariensis (early title inscription).
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