Vesalius, Andreas
De humani corporis fabrica epitome
£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
cum annotationibus Nicolai Fontani. Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1642. Folio (38 x 25cm), contemporary vellum, engraved title-page showing an anatomical, engraved portrait, 2 half-page engravings in the text, full-page engraving with text verso, 32 engraved anatomical plates only (of 40), one double-page, occasional early marginalia, anatomical sketches in pencil to rear endpapers, binding soiled, loss to head of spine, front inner hinge gone, title-page and prelims near loose, fraying to fore edges of outer leaves, damp-staining to top edges to variable effect on images, plate facing p. 48 with staining and loss to fore margin, plate facing p. 61 with loss in lower margin, tears to a few text-leaves, sold as seen