Vesalius, De Humani Corporis 1604 bound with Fabricius, Opere Chirurgiche 1683
Andreae Vesalii Anatomia: Addita nunc postremo etiam Antiquorum Anatome. Venetiis Apud Ioan: Anton: et Iacobum de Franciscus. 1604.
Which includes as an appendix:
Universa Antiquorum Anatome Tam osium, quam partium & externarum, & internarum: Ex Rufo Ephesio Medico Antiquissimo: Tribus Tabellis Explicata per Fabium Paulinum. Quibus Accessit Quarta ex Sorani Medici Antiquissimi Fragmento Graeco non antehac Latino facto. De Matrice. Cum Privilegio. Venetiis, M DC III. Apud Io. Antonium, & Iacobum de Franciscis.
Bound With:
Le Opere Chirurgiche di Girolamo Gabricio D' Acquapendente Caualier, e Medico Chirurgo Rinomatissimo, nel Famosissimo Studio di Padoua Professore di Chirurgia, e Notomia Sopraordinario, divise in due Parti. Nella Prima Si tratta delli Tumori, Ferite, Ulceri, Rotture, e Slocature. Nella Seconda Della Operationi principali di Chirurgia, Tradotte in Lingua Italiana. Et in questa Seconda impressione aggiuntoi un Compendio della Chirurgia di Marco Aurelio Severino diviso in Libri sei, tradotto nel' Italiano utilissimo a i Professori di Chirurgia. Dedicate Al Merito Sublime Dell Illustriss. Sig. Cone Angelo Cavalier Casale Medico, e Chirurgo prestantissimo. In Padova M.DC.LXXXIII. Per Giacomo Cadorino, con Lic. De` Superiori Et Privilegio del Serenissimo Senato.
Later ffep, half title, title, *^2, A - Yy6, Zz8, Title – a2, b – c4, Title - *^4, A – H8, I4, 9 plates, K – Q8, R10, S – T6, later rfep.
20 plates in Vesalius plus numerous figures. 9 plates in Fabricius. 8th plate in Fabricius bound in upside down.
In Vesalius: 2 inch tear affecting marginal text at Ii. Scattered marginalia (including annotating figures and one plate). Scattered small smudges and ink stains. Scattered areas of mild foxing, rare. Mild damp stain at bottom of book VII which becomes more pronounced in index leaves. In Fabricius/Severino: 1 ½ inch closed marginal tear near bottom of B6 (affecting a couple of letters). Mild toning in first several leaves. Mild damp stain at bottom margin in Severino portion at end of book. Other rare small marginal stains. Rare small foci of marginal worming.
Bound in later full vellum with manuscript titles on spine (now a bit faded). Four ties intact. Yap edges. Later end papers. Bookplate of Zlatko Ivan Pozeg on front pastedown along with small pencil annotation.
1604 reduced folio printing of Vesaliu's On the Fabric of the Human Body (with, as an appendix, Fabius Paulinus's tables of Rufus of Ephesus' anatomy), BOUND WITH a 1683 Italian edition of Fabricius' Operative Surgery, which also includes Severino's Compendium of Surgery.
The 1604 printing of Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica is nearly an exact reprint of Francesco Senense's 1568 edition, which used blocks engraved by Johannes Criegher (scaled down to approximately two thirds the size of the blocks used for the 1555 edition). Cushing states that "Fabricius of Acquapendente was by now professor of anatomy at Padua, and it was in all likelihood the student text he recommended." (Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, pg 93).
Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (ca. 1533-1619) was, per Heirs 365, "One of the great Paduan anatomists and teachers, pupil of Fallopius, teacher of Harvey, and friend of Galileo, Fabricius built at his own expense the anatomical theater at Padua, which is still preserved intact. During his long life, he produced a number of important works on anatomy, embryology, and physiology, characterized by numerous large, clear copperplate illustrations which long remained unexcelled." His Opera Chirurgica was first printed in 1617, was reprinted into the 18th century, and was translated into many languages.
