Viscerum, hoc est interiorum corporis humani partium, viva delineatio.

Venetiis : per Ioan. Ant. de Nicolinis de Sabio: expensis uetro Io. Baptistae Pederzani, 1539.

2 sheets : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 41 x 28 cm

Carlino, A. Paper bodies, 7

Haller, A. Bib. anatomica I, 179

Choulant p. 156

McDaniel, W. "More about Eve". College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Fugitive leaves from the library. N.s. 56 (1962) p. 167-8

Wells, L.H. "The 'Sabio' and 'Sylvester' families of anatomical fugitive sheets" Bull. hist. med. 40 (1966) p. 467-474

Wells, L.H. "Anatomical fugitive sheets with superimposed flaps" Medical history 12 (1968) p. 403-407.

Moveable flaps: [6] on male, [7] on female sheet

Imprint from female sheet

Described by Haller in 1774 as "Nicolai de Sabio viscerum viva delineatio Venet. 1539 fol. "--On the question whether Haller saw them himself, see McDaniel. Choulant's description was based on Haller

A copy was described in the following booksellers' catalogues: Nicolas Rauch ('Livres précieux.' Geneva, [1961?]); Alain Brieux ('Sciences anciennes'. Paris, [1962]); E.P. Goldschmidt (Cat. 127 'Medicine and science.' London, [1963]) ; E.P. Goldschmidt (Cat. 160 'Continental printed books.' London, [1980]). Both Goldschmidt catalogues include reproductions. That copy was sold to Nihon University, Tokyo

Later impressions were taken from the same blocks in 1587 and 1611

On the relationship of this to other early anatomical fugitive sheets, see Wells (1966 and 1968)

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Robin Halwas Note: Numbered 7341, but bound with Valverde: Vivae imagines partium corporis humani aereis formis expressea (1566), no. 7340. Two flaps missing from female figure, supplied in facsimile taken from the male. Sheets trimmed, measuring 37 x 27.1 cm. (male) and 37.5 x 26 cm. (female), and folded. Possibly from the library of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665): his ownership inscription is on Valverde t.p., and binding is mid-17th cent