Observationes anatomicae

by Gabrielle Falloppio

$30,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Venice: Marco Antonio Ulmo and Gratioso Perchachino, 1561. First edition, first issue, very rare, of the greatest Italian anatomical book of the sixteenth century, a detailed critical commentary on Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. This is a pristine copy in an untouched contemporary binding. “The large amount of new material in the present work included Falloppio’s investigations of

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