Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
REMMELIN, JOHANN. Catoptrum microcosmicum. Title within engraved historiated border; 3 full-page engravings by Lucas Kilian after Remmelin showing male and female figures, including the torso of a pregnant woman, with numerous engraved lift-up flaps illustrating successive anatomic layers. 27 [i. e., 25], [1] pages. Folio, 455x334 mm, old 1/2 sheep, badly worn, spine imperfect; light dampstaining in lower outer corners throughout, some soiling and foxing, few leaves chipped along edges not affecting text or illustrations, institutional stamp and ink accession number on title verso. sold as is. Augsburg: Johannes Görlin, 1660
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First published in 1613, "this is the first anatomical atlas to make extensive use of the flap method to depict the structure of the body . . . The accompanying Latin text was a mixture of anatomy, physiology, and theology. It was not a good source for anatomical instruction and clearly was intended for lay persons interested in better understanding the human body. Nonetheless, Remmelin's work was very well received and later translated into German, French, Dutch, and English"--Heirs of Hippocrates 456 (1619 edition). Krivatsy 9557 (this edition, the NLM copy missing leaf with engraving); Choulant-Frank, pages 232-34.