Icones anatomicae by VESALIUS, Andreas - 1934

Beautiful Limited Edition, with Numerous Plates from the Original Woodblocks VESALIUS, Andreas. Icones anatomicae. [Munich: The Bremer Press for] The New York Academy of Medicine and The Library of the University of Munich, 1934 [i.e. 1935]. Limited to 615 copies, this being number 304. Large folio (21 1/2 x 15 inches; 540 x 380 mm). Complete with 130 pages of "Characterum Indices", xiii pages "Index Tabularum, 2 pages if '"Ad Lecturum" and 1 page colophon. With 2 folding plates reproducing designs for the original title page. And numerous impressions from the original woodblocks for Vesalius's three major anatomical works. All but 50 of the illustrations were printed from the original woodblocks, which were held by the library at the University of Munich; the blocks were subsequently destroyed in World War II. Original half pig skin over brown paper boards by Frieda Thiersch. Front board lettered and stamped in gilt. Spine with brown morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges uncut. With some nearly invisible scuffs to front board, and the the front, top pigskin corner with a tiny chip. Otherwise a fine copy. Garrison and Morton. Norman Library. HBS 68346. $7,500