The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels with Annotations and Translations, a Discussion of the Plates and Their Background, Authorship and Influence, and a Biographical Sketch of Vesalius.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1964]. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 248pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket (only) quite edgeworn, toned and rubbed, with large triangular chip at lower right of front panel. Item #35911

Tight, nice 6th printing of this 1950 edition of (to cite front jacket panel) "All the anatomical illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius including the Tabulae Sex, Epitome, & the seven books of the renowned De Humani Corporis Fabrica." From the collection of noted and prolific etcher and children's book author Art Geisert, with his "Arthur F. Geisert 1965" ownership signature penned on the front flyleaf. Unusual copy of this medical illustration classic.

Price: $50.00

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