Anatomia del corpo humano / composta per M. Giouan Valuerde di Hamusco, & da luy con molte figure di rame, et eruditi discorsi in luce mandata.

  • Valverde de Amusco, Juan, approximately 1525-approximately 1588.
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M.D.LX
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Also known as

Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano. Italian

Publication/Creation

In Roma : Per Ant. Salamanca, et Antonio Lafrerj, M.D.LX.

Physical description

18 unnumbered pages, 154 leaves : illustrations (engr.) ; 31 cm (folio)

Notes

Colophon: In Vinegia, appresso Nicolò Beuilacqua Trentino
Engraved t.p.; title within architectural border; historiated initials
Leaves 14, 39, and 86 are incorrectly numbered 15, 38, and 56 respectively
Leaves printed on both sides
Translation of: Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano, first published in Rome in 1556
Translated by Antonio Tabo under Valverde's supervision. Cf. Cushing, H. Vesalius, VI.D.-35
First edition, second issue, of this Italian translation, with the date on the t.p. changed from 1559 to 1560. Cf. Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 513
All but six plates are copied from the plates in Vesalius' principal work, De humani corporis fabrica. Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 205-206
Copy 1. Binding: 20th century parchment over boards with remains of original parchment covers.
Copy 2. Binding: 19th century decorated paper over boards with parchment spine; green leather spine label. Text block edges stained yellow. Inscription on title page (partly erased): Ad usum philippi anselmi [...?] 1567 [...?] Taurini. Ink stamp on title page and a2 recto: Proprieta di Gir.o. Barbieri.
Copy 3. Bound with: Loys Vasses, In anatomen corporis humani tabulae quatuor (Paris, 1540). Endleaves with poems in manuscript including Giovanni Fantoni (1755-1807), 'Dialogo Labindo e Licoride'. Binding: 18th century parchment over boards with title in ink and gold on spine; red sprinkled text block edges.

References note

NLM 16th cent., 4532
Cushing, H. Vesalius, VI.D.-36
Palau y Dulcet (2nd. ed.), 349367

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