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VESALIUS, ANDREAS. Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica. Engraved additional title, portrait of Vesalius, and 83 engraved plates by Jan Wandelaar after the original Vesalian woodcut illustrations, including duplicate of plate 76a. Half-title in first volume, not called for in second. 2 volumes. Folio, 398x252 mm, contemporary calf gilt, Volume 2 spine missing portions of 2 compartments, rear cover detached; several plates foxed, the rest generally clean apart from occasional toning, clean tears in most of the folding plates, partial cellotape repair on plate 42, some toning of text in Volume 1, several gatherings heavily browned in Volume 2, dampstaining towards end affecting last plate, with mold in upper outer corner of index leaves; custom-made wooden case (lid cracked). Leiden: apud Joannem du Vivie et Joan. & Herm. Verbeek, 1725
