Vesalius (Andreas)

Vesalius (Andreas). Vesalius (Andreas). Vesalius (Andreas). Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae. Munich: The Bremer Press for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich Library, 1934 [1935], large folio (557 x 400mm), no. 38 of 615 copies, with 'To the Reader' leaf loosely inserted, plates/illustrations including two folding, with explanatory text, very occasional spotting, mainly to preliminaries and final few leaves, a few marginal finger-soiling marks, original quarter pigskin by Frieda Thiersch, a little toned, white marks to both boards, boxed (box worn). Printed using the original 16th century woodblocks used for Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica and Epitome. The volume was produced conjointly by the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich Library. 227 of the original 277 illustrations from the Fabrica and Epitome were printed, with the remaining fifty illustrations reproduced photographically. The original blocks were discovered in the University of Munich Library, but were destroyed after this publication in WWII. Munich: The Bremer Press for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich Library, 1934 [1935], large folio (557 x 400mm), no. 38 of 615 copies, with 'To the Reader' leaf loosely inserted, plates/illustrations including two folding, with explanatory text, very occasional spotting, mainly to preliminaries and final few leaves, a few marginal finger-soiling marks, original quarter pigskin by Frieda Thiersch, a little toned, white marks to both boards, boxed (box worn). Munich: The Bremer Press for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich Library, 1934 [1935], large folio (557 x 400mm), no. 38 of 615 copies, with 'To the Reader' leaf loosely inserted, plates/illustrations including two folding, with explanatory text, very occasional spotting, mainly to preliminaries and final few leaves, a few marginal finger-soiling marks, original quarter pigskin by Frieda Thiersch, a little toned, white marks to both boards, boxed (box worn). Printed using the original 16th century woodblocks used for Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica and Epitome. The volume was produced conjointly by the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich Library. 227 of the original 277 illustrations from the Fabrica and Epitome were printed, with the remaining fifty illustrations reproduced photographically. The original blocks were discovered in the University of Munich Library, but were destroyed after this publication in WWII. De humani corporis fabrica, Epitome

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