Title
Andreae Vesalii Brvxellensis, Scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Title Variants
Alternative:
Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, Scholae medicorum Patavinae professoris, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Alternative:
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
By
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Calcar, Jan Stephan van, 1499-1546
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Basileae, Ex officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis reparatae M D XLIII mense Iunio [June, 1543]
Notes
Illustrated t.p. and 204 ill. in text by Jan van Calcar; see Oberrheinische Buchillustration.
Includes errata, Kk2v.
Includes index, Kk3r-Mm7v.
Numerous errors in pagination.
Printer's device on last p.
Publisher and date from colophon.
Signatures: *⁶ A-Z⁶ a-l⁶ m⁸ n-z⁶ Aa-Ll⁶ Mm⁸.
The historiated initials in the text are from 2 alphabets depicting nude boy engaged in various activities related to medicine and anatomy. The larger (on *2r, A1r, P1r, g5r, m4r, s2v, Ff5v) measures ca. 7.5 x 7.5 cm., the smaller ca. 3.6 x 3.6 cm. Both have double-line borders and horizontally lined backgrounds. Q of the larger alphabet (on *2r and s2v) incorporates a pig, trussed for vivisection as in the cut on Kk1r. A 3rd alphabet (ca. 2 x 2 cm.) appears in the index.
Oberrheinische Buchillustration 2, | 483
Subjects
16th century
,
Early works to 1800
,
Human anatomy
,
Woodcut
Call Number
QM21 .V418 1543
Language
Latin
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.109299
OCLC:
2697628
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51385679
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