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Anatomia - Valverde, Giovanni

Anatomy of the human body, 1682

Estimate

€ 700 - 900

Sold

€ 1.806

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Information

Venice. After Nicolò Pezzana, 1682. In 2nd. Title within a frame supported by two skeletons on the frontispiece engraved on copper, at the base a vignette depicting an anatomical lesson, full-page portrait of the author, with 44 full-page anatomical plates, small worm hole on the internal margin, sometimes restored, slight foxing , very small hole on the external white margin, two restorations on the last leaf, leather binding from a later period, gold title within a gusset on the spine.

Specialist Notes

Rare seventeenth-century edition of this classic of sixteenth-century anatomy, illustrated by very accurate anatomical tables exemplified on those engraved on copper by Nicolas Beatrizet based on a design by Gaspar Becerra, and taken from Vesalius, which already appeared in the Spanish edition of 1556. Lot not subject to return .

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