MUNDINUS [i e MONDINO DE LUZZI] De omnibus humani corporis i

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PRE-VESALIAN ANATOMY MUNDINUS [i. e., MONDINO DE' LUZZI]. De omnibus humani corporis interioribus menbris [sic] Anathomia. Small primitive woodcut of heart with 3 ventricles on F4v; large woodcut of Astrological Man on K4r. [40] leaves. 4to, 200x147 mm, modern olive calf; contents browned, gutters reinforced throughout, title and last leaf rehinged with marginal restoration, title soiled and spotted with ink scoring at bottom, occasional minor marginal repairs elsewhere. (Strassburg: Martin Flach, 1513)

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Written in 1316 and first published in 1478, "the first modern book devoted solely to anatomy" (Garrison-Morton). "Mondino's book dominated anatomy for over two hundred years . . . His text was the first book written during the Middle Ages that was based on the dissection of the human cadaver; his efforts consolidated anatomy as a part of the medical program at Bologna" (DSB). Garrison-Morton 361 (original edition); Durling 3229 (this edition); Choulant-Frank, page 94; DSB IX, 467-69; Sarton III, 842-45; Singer, A Short History of Anatomy, page 85.