De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem by Andreas Vesalius & G. A. Lindeboom - 1975

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HOLLAND: De Forel, Nieuwendijk, Netherlands, 1975. Fine facsimile of the 1543 ed. Folio. Half maroon morocco with marbled brds. & slip case; together with the accompanying booklet, Andreas Vesalius & His Opus Magnum by G. A. Lindeboom. Nieuwendijk, 1975. (Booklet lacks string and is now stapled - and is a little worn) Book looks barely opened. Minor wear to slipcase. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2024 £8) Packed weight 7000g. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Fine/No DW.

Netherlands: De Forel, Nieuwendijk. Fine. 1975. Facsimile. Half leatherette, marbled boards, spine gilt. In matching slipcase ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 660 pages; Facsimile reproduction of the 1543 edition .

1975. Reprint, Niewendijk, de Forel bv, 1975. - Basel 1543, Folio, (1), 659, (1) pp., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen nach Holzschnitten, Halbledereinband im orig. Schuber; 15 pp., orig. Broschur; feines Expl. It is often a matter of friendly contention among medical historians as to which is the more important book, Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica" or Harvey's "De motu cordis". It cannot be denied that the "Fabrica" is the most famous anatomical work ever published, to this day one of the most beautiful in existence, and the milestone in all medical history which definitely showed a break from old traditions. It cannot be emphasized too often that this was an epochal book. The beautiful woodcuts, executed under the supervision of Vesalius by the artist Jan Stephan van Calcar (1499-1546?), student of Titian, are famous for their beauty, accuracy, and lavishness of detail and number. It was E.Jackschath of Tilsit who pointed out that the background scenes of the "muscle man" illustrations are,… Read More

Venice: Franciscus Francesci and Johann Criegher, 1568. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (317 x 215 mm). [12], 510, [46] pp. Large woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut anatomical illustrations (some full-page), woodcut initials and head-pieces, leaf 2d5 (p.321) contains figures to be cut out and superimposed on the illustration on 2d3 is left intact in this copy. Signatures: *6 A-2Y6 Zz8. Bound in 17th century full vellum, spine with 5 raised bands faintly handlettered in second compartment, original endpapers (spine chipped at head with loss and with tear at foot, upper board somewhat bowed, minor rubbing, spotting and soiling). Crisp and clean internally throughout with some light browning in places; clean tear to f.K4 without loss, small wormhole near gutter of final 3 leaves. Provenance: partly torn bookseller's ticket to front pastedown (Antiquariat Lange & Springer, Berlin). A fine copy. ---- THIRD ILLUSTRATED EDITION and the… Read More

Basel: Johannes Oporinus, 1555. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. August 1555. Large folio (430 x 287 mm). [12], 824, [48] pp. Woodcut title-page, author's portrait on f. a6v, numerous woodcut illustrations (of which 17 full-page), ornamental initials (ranging in size from 7 to 12 lines), 2 folding tables with woodcut diagrams, errata on f. Bb1r and printer's device on verso of final leaf Ee6 which is otherwise blank. Signatures: a-z6, A-V6, X2, Y-Z6, aa-zz6, Aa8, Bb-Ee6. Colophon: Basileae, ex officina Ioannis Oporini, Anno Salutis Christum partæ MDLV. Mense Augusto. The folded bifolium insert (nervous system) is bound between bb5 and bb6 (numbered pp. 553-554). The single unnumbered f. X2 (consisting of eight anatomical figures, originally intended to be cut out and superimposed on veno-arterial figure on previous leaf) is bound between f. V6 and Y1; leaf X1 is a folded double leaf. Contemporary pigskin over thick boards, spine with 5 raised bands, covers… Read More

Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, 1555. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1555]. Second and best folio edition (first published in 1543) of the most important anatomical treatise of the sixteenth century. With author's final additions and corrections as well as a renewed woodcut title-page and and initials. Large folio (16 x 10 7/8 inches; 407 x 275 mm). [12], 504, [1, folding table paginated "505"], [1, unpaginated leaf of figures to be superimposed], 507-824, [48] pp. Collation: a-z6 A-V6 X2 (including fold-out sheet) Y-Z6 aa6 bb8 (bb 6-7 is fold-out sheet) cc- zz6 Aa8 Bb-Ee6. Complete with woodcut title, woodcut portrait of the author on a6 verso, numerous woodcut illustrations (including nineteen full-page anatomical illustrations), two folding tables with woodcut diagrams, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, and seven-to twelve-line historiated woodcut initials. Full 17th century paneled calf, boards paneled in gilt. Rebacked with early spine laid- down. Spine stamped in gilt. Red Morocco… Read More