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

Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano. Italian

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

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

NLM 16th cent., 4532

Cushing, H. Vesalius, VI.D.-36

Palau y Dulcet (2nd. ed.), 349367

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.