Lot 250
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LEATHER BOUND DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA. Comprising a very fine leather-bound facsimile edition of Andreas Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica (first published 1543, Basel). Folio (42 x 30cm). Illustrated throughout after the celebrated original woodcuts by Jan Stephan van Calcar. Half Morocco over marbled boards, with matching slipcase. A good, clean copy of this large-format reprint, complete with supplement. Published by De Forel, Amsterdam, 1975.
Important Notice: The absence of condition information in the description does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition, a condition report is available by request.
Estimate:
$75 - 150
€ 65 - 131
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543) is, of course, considered the foundational text of modern anatomy. It revolutionized medicine by replacing centuries of flawed, animal-based medical dogma with accurate, groundbreaking illustrations based entirely on direct human dissection.
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