print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1895,1031.875
- Description
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Title-page to 'Librorum de humani corporis fabrica epitome' by Andreas Vesalius (Amsterdam: 1642, edited by N Fontanus, folio edition), showing the dissection of a woman, carried out and witnessed by five men; naked man and skeleton standing in niches, holding up a cloth with inscription, surmounted by coat of arms and two children, surrounded by objects symbolising mortality.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1642
- Dimensions
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Height: 393 millimetres
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Width: 240 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The book is held by the British Library at 544.l.12
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,1031.875