VESALIUS, Andreas; Illustrated by Jan Stephan van Calcar.
Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae.
New York and Munich: Printed by the Bremer Presse for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich , 1934.
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"stands alone as the foremost production of a scientific book by a modern press": The stunning Bremer Press edition and final edition of Andreas Vesalius' Fabrica and Epitome
The Bremer Press edition and final edition of the Fabrica and Epitome, printed from the original Vesalian woodblocks which were subsequently destroyed in the bombing of Munich in 1943. Folio, original publisher's half pigskin over cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, illustrated with two woodcut title-pages by Jos. Lehnacker, leaf with woodcut portrait of the author, 82 plate leaves with a total of 286 woodcut illustrations, 10 heliotype plates (of which 2 mounted as fold-outs), 8 leaves of index, 5 blank leaves, 15 half-title or title leaves, 2 text leaves. Limited edition, one of 615 copies of a total edition of 725, this is number 605. In near fine condition.
Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae.
$6,000.00
In Stock