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GEMINUS, Thomas. Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, A2-J5, A1 lacking along with dedication page, title page lacking, 30 of 40 Plates. Half of J5 printed and half manuscript. Leaves J6-K2 lacking but provided in manuscript. Final leaf and final plate defective but present.  Wrinkling and short tears to pages. Waterstaining to margins.  Unbound/loose pages.  Deserving of a restoration. Approximately 15 by 10 inches. EARLY EDITIONS OF THIS PHENOMENAL WORK GO FOR 10s OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!!! 

Geminus's abridgement of Vesalius, and the earliest substantial use of engraving in any medical book. It is only the second work printed in England with engraved plates; the first, Thomas Raynalde's 1540 Byrth of mankinde, contained just four small, unsigned engravings. 'The new medium of copperplate engraving used by Geminus allowed a sharpness of line impossible for the wood engravers employed by Vesalius. This is in fact the first medical book illustrated with a suite of full-page engraved plates. The title-page was called by Hind "the first engraving of any artistic importance produced in England". The book provided a summary view of Vesalius's discoveries more complete than the Epitome but without the size and expense of the Fabrica' (Garrison-Morton). Choulant-Frank pp. 192-194; Cushing VI.C.-2; Garrison-Morton 376.1; NLM/Durling 2039; Norman 886; STC 11714; Stillwell Science 645; Wellcome 2731.

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