De Humani Corporis Fabrica librorum Epitome

by Andreas Vesalius, Andries van Wezel

$250,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. / First edition, extremely rare, of the Epitome, Vesalius's illustrated summary of the Fabrica, published simultaneously with it. Conceived as “a footpath beside the larger book,” the Epitome was larger in format than the Fabrica, printed on separate sheets to be used as wall charts, and in consequence far rarer today. Many surviving copies are incomplete; the last two

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