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VESALIUS, ANDREAS. De humani corporis fabrica, lib. VII. 4 woodcut text illustrations. 458, [54], 523, [45]; 833, [79] pages, including leaf with printer's device in both volumes, and final blank in the second. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 16mo, 118x75 mm, early 19th century 1/4 calf; occasional browning and spotting, minor stains on Volume 1 title, intermittent marginal dampstaining in Volume 2, free endpapers lacking. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1552
Scarce second edition of Vesalius's landmark treatise on human anatomy, containing 4 woodcuts of the skull on pages 130-32 in Volume 1 but otherwise unillustrated. "Jean de Tournes was partial to pocket editions, and probably felt he could capitalize upon the fame of the Fabrica with this unauthorized edition, even though he could not reproduce the woodcuts in this very small format. Without the illustrations the work would have had very limited usefulness"--Norman 4578. Adams V604; Cushing VI.A.-2; Durling 4578.
