Updates to the Census
The Vesalius Census is not over. We are still on the lookout for new copies of the Fabrica. We are posting new entries on this page to update the catalogue of our books. The catalogue numbers follow the system used in our book.
1543 COPIES
I/19.
National Library of China
General Ancient Books
Call No.: NLC V QM25 V57
With many thanks to Biyun Dai, who researched and examined this copy in Beijing.
Physical Description: A complete copy. Bifolium inserts present, bound vertically and folded from the top, bottom and the side, m3 sheet present. Not a variant copy.
Binding: Modern plain vellum, with title "VESALIUS DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA" on spine.
Provenance: Unknown.
Annotations: Two corrections of typographic errors in an early hand. On p. 181, "PRIMA" corrected to "QUARTA"; on p. 649, "humor vitreus" is corrected to "an aqueus siue albugineus".
I/22.
Royal Library
Call No.: Med. An. 15000 00057
We now note a mark in the index.
Physical Description: A complete copy with some foxing. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 312[412] and 352[452], bound sideways by the foot and folded, m3 sheet present before vascular insert. Modern paper slip with two words at p. 509. Not a variant edition.
Binding: Restored, contemporary plain vellum.
Provenance: The mid-sixteenth-century Pisa professor Andrea Bellavita, acquired in Florence in 1739 by the Copenhagen printmaker and architect Carl Markus Tuscher (1705-1751), the Danish Royal Surgical Academy (in existence between 1785 and 1842); then the current collection. Note of donation to Bellavita on front flyleaf “Singulari humanitati exc.mi Andreae Bellaviti Can.li Pisani Preceptoris mei, ac Mecenatis,” erased ownership marks on frontispiece, round stamps of “Kongl. Chirurg. Academie”, stamps of Bibliotheca Universitatis Hauniensis on frontispiece verso and on colophon, note of acquisition by Tuscher on frontispiece verso “CM Tuscher Florentiae MDCCXXXIX”.
Annotation: On front flyleaf, contemporary ink note in Italian about Vesalius’ voyage to Jerusalem, his death on Zakynthos, and his putative vivisection of a lady; on p. 101, early ink note “Julii librij thi [?] flii [?]”; faint line in index next to “arteriarum trium caluariam subeuntium descriptio.” Pagination corrected and added throughout in early ink.
I/25.
Bibliothèque municipale d’Angers
Call No.: Rés SA 2570
We now have further information on the early owners and annotator of this volume, thanks to the researches of Marc Edouard Gautier at the Bibliothèque municipale d’Angers.
Provenance: Probably the Angers physician Pierre Piau I, called Piculus (MD Angers 1554, d. 1598); his son, the Angers physician Pierre Piau II (MD Angers 1590, d. 1616), whose library is probably donated to the Carmelite convent of Angers, where he was buried; enters the current collection during the revolutionary confiscations in the 1790s. Possessor’s note “Carmes / Dangers” on frontispiece and on p. 353; oval stamp of “Bibliothèque d’Angers” from before 1860; old shelfmark “O.2/1” on pastedown; rectan- gular stamp of “Bibliothèque de la ville d’Angers” on p. 61 and Mm7v.
Annotations: Either Pierre Piau I or Pierre Piau II, who also annotates a copy De vera mensurarum ponderumque ratione opus, also preserved at Angers (Res. SA 1117). Correction of erroneous pagination in an old hand. On pp. 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 254, 258, references added to Galen, primarily to De usu partium, including chapter numbers; on p. 462[262], word “adductor” added; on p. 263, reference to Galen incl. chapter number; on p. 264, name of muscle added; on p. 265, names of muscles added; on pp. 274, 276, 277, 281, reference added to Galen, incl. chapter number; on p. 289, reference added and number of intercostal muscles corrected, then crossed out; on p. 309, word added in text; on pp, 310, 311, 312, names of the muscles added on the margin, e.g. “adductor pollicis inf.”; on p. 233[333], word “quintus” added; on p. 264[364], underlining and reference to Galen; on p. 275[375], phrase “in Gal.” added; on p. 281[381], summary note; on p. 320[420], character “N” crossed out and replaced with “O”, and new description for character “N” added; on p. 329[429], numbers added on the margin; on p. 350[450], correction of text; on p. 494, correction of text; on p. 523, underlinings; on p. 622, references added to Galen with chapter numbers; on p. 623, summary note added; on p. 625, note “in Gal.”; on p. 654, reference added to Galen.
Online: https://commulysse.angers.fr/ark:/54380/a011506952105mrNLng
I/26.
Bibliothèque municipale d’Angers
Call No.: Rés SA 2570 bis
This copy is now available online.
Online: https://commulysse.angers.fr/ark:/54380/a011506952106rfcxQv
I/118.
Keio University
Call No.: 142X@62@1
Physical Description: A repaired copy with some wear and tear. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 312[412] and 352[452], bound sideways by the foot and folded, m3 sheet present after vascular insert.
Binding: A rebound volume, edges painted red.
Provenance: Unknown. Faded and illegible possessor's note at the bottom of frontispiece.
Annotations: An early reader, writing in ink, primarily interested in semen and the movements of the ear. On p. 141, where it is discussed that some people can move their ears, underlining and note of personal observation, "dum sequitur; et quando [...] placet mouet aures. [...] ego saepe ac saepius vidi."; on p. 326[426], potentially insignificant marginal mark; on p. 341[441], potentially insignificant marginal mark; on p. 493, summary notes and underlinings in the section on the use of the nerves' ventricles; on p. 512, manicule where the testicle's wrappings are discussed; on p. 525, manicule where it is discussed where semen is produced; on p. 526, manicule in the section "Glandosi corporis uesicae collo adnati usus".
Censorship: Name of Oporinus crossed out on *5r.
I/270.
Vienna
Museum für Angewandte Kunst
Call No.: Barockbibliothek C III 12
Physical description: A complete copy in good condition with some staining and foxing, dampstaining especially at the bottom through the first forty pages, with repairs, minor tear on pp. 301[401]/302[402]. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 312[412] and 352[452], bound sideways in the middle facing left, m3 sheet present after vascular insert. Not a variant edition.
Binding: Early quarter calf with modern marbled paper, gilt spine with title “ANDREAE VESALIII ANATOMIA” “LIBRI SEPTEM”, edges red, modern pastedowns.
Provenance: A certain Fra. Max. Mertlick; probably the Vienna engraving academy director Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794-1865); the current collection. Handwritten note in red on second front flyleaf, “J. D. Böhm”; on frontispiece, handwritten note, “Ex bibliotheca Fra: Max: Mertlick ... L. L. Phys Med: Doctoris”; MK stamps at the bottom of frontispiece and throughout; purple round stamp of “Bibliothek des Österr. Museums“ at the back of frontispiece, on the errata page, at the end of the index and next to printer’s mark.
Annotations: A sparsely annotated copy that corrects a typographic error, with additional brief notes on Vesalius at the front. Brief notes on second flyleaf in a nineteenth-century hand, “Vesalius. Mirando artificio pro illorum temporum conditione confectae tabluae. Lign. incis. Sommering de basi encephali.”; “Auflage von Basel bey Oporinus 1543”, “unter die grössten Musterstücke müssen die Figuren zu And. Vesals Anatomie gerechnet werden. Gottl. Murr. Journ. zur Kunstgeschichte 2. p. 193.”; “Nie sah das Ange eines Sterblichen ein in seiner Art so vollkommenes Werk. Die späten Enkel werden es einstaunen, es wird stets die Bewunderung [...] Jahrhunderte bleiben. Boerhaave und Albin in praefatione.”; pencil note on the artist “Johann v. Calchar.”; on frontispiece verso, ink note “tabulae sunt a Titiano incisae”. On p. 181, “Prima” corrected to “Quarta”.
1555 Copies
II/23.
Royal Library
Call No.: Fol. Med. An. 15000 00059
We now note a few more underlinings.
Physical Description: A complete copy. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504 and 552, bound vertically, vascular insert folded from top, bottom and right, nervous insert folded from bottom and right, X2 sheet present after vascular insert.Slightly damaged woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Contemporary pigskin with blind-stamped floral and arabesque decorations, with central portrait of Emperor Maximilian on front cover and Elector Augustus of Saxony on the back, clasps present.
Provenance: The Copenhagen physician and professor Christian Hacquart (1668-1715); then probably the current university, which also owns other volumes by Hacquart.[1] Note on frontispiece “Christianus Hacquart Ph: Med: Doctor 169[…]”; black round stamp of “B. U. H.” on frontispiece; red stamp “Biblioteca Universitatis Hauniensis” throughout.
Annotations: An annotator marking up the text by striking through it, as well as using underlinings. On p. 57, underlinings where types of teeth are listed; on p. 58, underlining where Vesalius discusses the growth of his own wisdom teeth, and pencil strike-throughs of much of the text; on p. 175, pencil lines striking through the text; on p. 176, underlinings where the talus bone is discussed; on p. 195, pencil lines striking through the text; on p. 208, underlinings in the explanation of characters; on p. 322, illegible marginal jottings; on p. 440, strikethroughs through the text on much of the page; on p. 448, underlinings and strikethroughs; on p. 556, underlinings and “NB” next to the explanation of the character G, “Seminaria sinistri lateris uasa”; on p. 594, underlinings and strike-through where the stomach’s path of entry is discussed; on p. 597, underlinings and strike-through where the swallowing and excretion of gems are discussed; on pp. 603-604, pencil lines striking through the text; on p. 617, underlinings and striking through the text where large spleens are discussed; on p. 627, underlinings and strikethrough where the spleens of various people are discussed; on p. 633, marginal line where the kidneys are discussed; on p. 651, underlining and striking through the text where the cervix is mentioned; on p. 663, strikethrough where the monk’s mistress is discussed with marginal numbers; on pp. 665-6, underlining and strike-throughs where the fundus of the uterus and Plato’s Timaeus are discussed; on p. 753, underlining in red of the marginal word “temporalis”; on p. 773, underlining in red where Vesalius claims that the animal brain does not differ from human brains; on pp. 803-804, pencil lines striking through the text. Errata corrected on a2v.
[1] Kirsten Jungersen. “Reception of Uroscopy in Scandinavia.” Journal of Neprhology 22 (2009): 50-54.
II/108.
Stadtarchiv Stralsund
Gymnasialbibliothek
Call No.: C 2° 17
Physical Description: A complete copy in good condition, with some worming at front. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504 and 552, bound vertically and folded from right, top and bottom, X2 sheet present after vascular insert, intact woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped and bevelled pigskin with religious images, such as "peccatum", "iustificatio" or "satifacio", with traces of clasps and taces of earlier, metal-stamped corners and center.
Provenance: A certain C. Albinus, part of the Stralsund town library, already listed under the current shelfmark in the 1829 printed catalogue of the Rathsbibliothek. On front pastedown, 19th-century ex-libris of "BIBLIOTHEK DER STADT STRALSUND" with pencilled in signature "C. 17.", on frontipiece, handwritten note, "C Albinus".
Annotations: Internal reference on frontispiece in early ink. On frontispiece, ink note "Theatrum anatomicum qmo construendum vide libro v capite xix pag. 681", on a5r, underlining where Vesalius' age mentioned, on p. 801, underlining of "sphaerae modo rotundi". On p. 201, ink marks, modern paper slips laid in between p. 234-235 and pp. 654-575, older paper slip laid in between pp. 460-461.
II/190.
Nicolaus Copernicus University Library
Call No.: Ob.6.IV.117
For a more detailed analysis, with further details especially on the binding and on ownership records, see the now published article by Krysztof Nierzwicki.
Bibliography: Krzysztof Nierzwicki. “Chełminski egzemplarz De humani corporis fabrica Andreasa Vesaliusa w zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu.” in: M. Fedorowicz-Kruszewski et al., eds. W swiecie bibliologii i informatologii. Ksiega dedykowana Profesor Bronisławie Wozniczce-Paruzel w 70. rocznice urodzin. Torun: Widawnictwo naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, 2019, pp. 59-98.
II/247.
St John’s College Library
Call No.: Mm.1.13
We thank David Pearson for his suggestions for improving the description.
Physical Description: An incomplete copy with light tearing, worming and foxing, nervous insert missing. Vascular insert present after p. 504, bound in vertical position and folded from bottom and right, X2 sheet present after vascular insert. Intact woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Blind-stamped calfskin c. 1700 with corner ornaments, gilt-tooled board edges, floral decorations on spine, rebacked in the twentieth century by the library.
Provenance: The Regius Professor of Physic and St John’s Fellow John Collins (ca. 1576-1634); whose medical books are donated to the current collection upon his death.[1] Manuscript book label of donation; college bookplate from 1700.
Annotations: Sporadic annotations with references to the Paradoxes (Erreurs populaires) of the Monpellier phyisician Laurent Joubert, probably to the French translation of the Paradoxes, with special attention paid to the female testicles and as to how blood and fat are produced in the body. On p. 24, note “historia”; on p. 27, correction of the references to the illustrations, changing “huius dextra pars in tertia, sinistra uero in quarta spectatur” to “huius dextra pars in 4, sinistra uero in 3 spectatur”; on p. 71, the illustration of the spine annotated with a list of the number of vertebrae (“collum, dorsum thorace, dorsum lumbos, os sacrum, os coccix constituens”); on p. 141, identifications of the hands’ bones, with lines pointing to location; on p. 143, correction of typographical error not in errata list; on p. 173, identifications of the fett’s bones, with lines pinting to location; on p. 201, correction of typographical error not in errata list; on p. 279, reference to Laurent Joubert’s Paradoxes on the production of fat to show that Galen was right and Vesalius wrong; on p. 438, another reference to Joubert correcting Vesalius whether the veins can produce red blood; on p. 449 another reference to Joubert, who claims to correct both Galen and Vesalius by showing that the portal vein can make blood; on p. 562, identifications of the parts of the intestines in both images; on p. 658, marginal line and underlining of the passages about the two girls whose testicular humor was discolored; on p. 746, marginal ink mark in the shape of a flower. Almost complete corrections of errata with the exception of p. 127, sometimes with original text scratched out and often barely discernible. On errata page, errata struck through, some errata line numbers corrected, two items encircled.
[1] “John Collins.” http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pix/provenance/collins/collins.htm, website consulted on 16 October, 2017.
II/362.
Paris
Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Santé
Call No.: 1625
No further information available at the moment.
II/363.
Paris
Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Santé
Call No.: 1626
No further information available at the moment.
II/364.
Vienna
Universität Wien
Call No.: III-132.765
Physical Description: A complete copy in excellent condition, minor browning and worming at the end in top right corner; some dirt marks on p. 228 around the head of the sixth muscle man; on p. 693/694, bottom corner of the sheet is irregularly cut and folded back. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504 and 552, bound sideways facing left, X2 sheet present after vascular insert. Damaged woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with some, now barely visible portraits, heavily worn, with traces of clasps, title “VESALY DE HUMANI CORP. FABRICA” on spine.
Provenance: An unknown person in 1564; the Jesuit domus professa in Vienna; at the currect collection at least since the early twentieth century. Note “1564 I G V N” with illegible signature on first flyleaf; on frontispiece, note “N 1 Domus Prefessa Societatis Jesu Vienna cat. inser”; round stamp with Habsburg eagle and inscription „K. K. UNIVERSITAETS BIBLIOTHEK IN WIEN” on frontispiece verso and colophon.
Annotations: A sporadic early reader with an interest in the spleen and the uterus. On p. 630, in the chapter on the spleen, underlining of the phrase “imaginatione solum, non sectionibus ita edocti”; on p. 655, early ink marginal line and note “magnitudo uteri muliebris”.
1543 Auction Copies
I/A16.
Provenance: Now available from Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nfg.
I/A27.
A complete copy currently on sale at Raptis Rare Books.
I/A28.
Physical Description: A complete copy in good condition with some staining and spotting, minor tear on pp. 58/59, repaired tear on pp. 145/146, minor repair on p. 583. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 312[411] and 352[452], vascular insert facing forward to m3 sheet, bound vertically and folded from bottom and left, nervous insert bound vertically and folded from left and right, m3 sheet present after vascular insert. Not a variant edition.
Binding: Early 19th-century sprinkled half sheep with marbled board, title “VESALII ANATOMIA” “BASILEAE 1543” on gilt spine, modern endpapers.
Provenance: A certain Ippolito Guarisci, potentially Ippolito Guarisci of Bibbiena (fl. 1614); with Shapero Rare Books in 2019. On frontispiece, faded note “Ippolito Guariscii” on bottom left, and another erased note of provenance at the bottom center.
Annotations: An early sporadic reader working in brown ink, with a special interest in the liver and in Galen, with one reference to Aristotle. On first flyleaf recto, modern pencil note “collazionato completo [...] Nov. 83,” other numbers in pencil, as well as current price in a different pencil; on back flyleaf recto, note “collazionato completo, f. v.[?] Nov. 83.” On p. 7, two ink notes“contra Galenum” next to the printed marginal comments at the bottom; on p. 9, marginal cross and note “in Galenum” whereDe usu partiumis mentioned; on p. 15, marginal note at the bottom of page, “In Aristotelem et Galenum”; on p. 16, note at bottom, “In Gal.”; on p. 17, “anterior” corrected to “posterior”; on p. 276[376], underlining of “aliud enim nihil in quinto libro iecur”; on p. 277[377], underlining of “porro uene cauae rami per iecoris corpus exporrecti, portae ramis”; on p. 280[380], underlining of “Quippe” in the middle of page where Galen’s studies of monkeys are mentioned; on p. 281[381], underlining of phrase “ipsique nunquam uisa” where Galen is mentioned; on p. 341[441], some random ink stains or marks, potentially related to the staining affecting these pages.
1543 PRIVATE Copies
I/P9.
This copy was sold by Bonham's on March 11, 2019. It is now with a private owner in the United Kingdom.
Physical Description:A complete copy with minor rubbing and staining, some leaves reinforced and strengthened.
Binding: Late 19th-century vellum, with sides from an illuminated antiphonal leaf.
Provenance: The Augsburg physician Achilles Gasser (1505-1577); who gives it to the Augsburg physician Jeremias Martius in 1566 (1536-c. 1585); the Milan painter Caironi Agostino (1820-1907) in 1873; the Philadelphia professor Henry H. Donaldson (1857-1938); the Falk Library of Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh; the Rochester, MN professor and physician W. Bruce Fye; sold by Bonham’s NY on March 11, 2019 (Lot 188). Possessor’s note by Gasser on frontispiece with price marked (“Sum Achillis Pyrm. Gassari Lindauiensis / E Noriberga Feldkirchium 24 Octobris post natum saluatorum 1543 anno pro quinque florenis allatus.”), initials and astrological drawing of Gasser on colophon, initials of Gasser on Kk2; note of donation from Gasser to Martius on Mm7 (“Achilles P. Gasserus L medicine doctor, libro hocce / amicitiae ergo donabat Dn. Hieremiam Martium / illustris reipublicae Augsburgensis physicum doctorem / 25 die Sepembris anno dni 1566”); unknown armorial stamp on frontispiece verso and elsewhere; ink stamp of Agostino; calling card of Donaldson on front pastedown, with blindstamp on front flyleaf.
Annotations: Unknown.
Bibliography: The Medical & Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye. Bonham’s NY Sale, March 11, 2019 Lot 188. We thank Bonham’s for alerting us to their sale and catalogue.
I/P15.
Physical Description: A complete copy.
Binding: Unknown.
Provenance: Unknown. Currently in the USA.
Annotations: None.
1555 PRIVATE Copies
II/P2.
This volume is not in Canada at the moment.
II/P6.
We have new information about the former owners Stephanus Steick and Anton Roth, thanks to Dr. Annelen Otterman at the Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek in Mainz.
Provenance: The Frankfurt physician Peter Uffenbach (1566–1635); the Mainz physician Stephanus Steick, who studies there in 1567 and becomes rector of the university in 1584/1585; the Mainz professor and town physician Franz Anton Rhodius (b. 1706, MD Strasbourg); sold in 2008 by Ketterer Kunst at Sale 348 Lot 333 (Nov. 17–18, Hamburg); sold to current owner by Meda Riquier Rare Books in 2014. Inscription of Uffenbach on frontispiece “sum Petri Uffenbachii Francofurtani”; note “Ad usum Stephani Steick Moguntini” on frontispiece; ex-libris of Anton Roth; ex-libris depicting a lobster, with no text, on back pastedown.
II/P22.
This volume is now at the University of Kentucky - Lexington.
Physical Description: A restored, complete copy, somewhat worn. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504 and 552, bound vertically and folded fourfold, X2 sheet present after vascular insert.
Binding: Restored, modern vellum with hand-lettered title on spine with calligraphic flourishes, remnants of earlier label on tail of spine, original vellum may be underneath current binding.
Provenance: The chemical engineer and Paris professor Jean Michel Cantacuzène (1933–); acquired by a private owner from Gilhofer & Ranschburg in 1999; enters the University of Kentucky - Lexington collections between 2018 and 2021. Ex-libris of Jean Michel Cantacuzène.
Annotations: On a2r, summary note “medicine necessaria aper […] ac perdifficilis”.
II/P26.
Physical Description: A complete copy with minor staining. Bifolium inserts present, bound sideways by the foot and folded once.
Binding: Modern, blind-stamped calfskin with decorations.
Provenance: A certain Astruc, potentially the eighteenth-century Parisian artist Zacharie Astruc (1684-1866), sold at a sale after his death. Currently in Canada. Note “acheté à la vente de feu Mr. Astruc […] Conseiller”.
Annotations: Unknown.
II/P27.
Physical Description: A complete copy in good condition, rare occasional spotting and staining. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504, and 554, bound vertically, vascular insert folded from bottom and right, nervous insert folded from top, bottom and right, X2 sheet present after vascular insert. Intact woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Early 20th-century vellum imitating the score of a medieval plainchant.
Provenance: A German professor of anatomy in the early 20th century; with the current owner since 2014.
Annotations: An early intensive reader, working in ink, with an interest in Galen, internal references and a reference to Hippocrates, occasionally identifying parts of the illustrations and interested in the eye. On a1r, summary notes such as “scopus meidocorum” and underlinings; on a1v, summary notes and underlinings; on a4r, summary note “Galenus nunquam hominis corpus resecuit” and underlining; on p. 1, underlinings and summary notes; on p. 3, underlinings, marginal numberings and summary notes such as “ossa digitorum solida constituunt Galenus”; on p. 4, underlinings, Greek word copied out and summary words such as “Larynx”, “Palpebrarum” and ”Nasi”; on p. 5, underlinings and summary notes; on p. 6, underlinings, summary notes and identifications of the bones in the illustrations with numerous corrections; on p. 8, underlinings and note on Galen “refutatur Galenus [...]”; on p. 9, extensive summary notes, underlinings and reference to Galen, “Galeni opinio De natura appendicis et refutatur”; on p. 10, underlinings, summary notes and note on Galen; on p. 11, underlinings, summary notes, Greek word copied out and reference to Galen and Hippocrates, “Hipp. et Galenij opinio de articulo” and “Galeni error”; on p. 13, underlinings and summary notes; on p. 13, underlinings and summary notes; on p. 14, underlinings and summary notes; on p. 15, underlinings, summary note “motuum differentia” and marginal numberings of different types of motion; on p. 22, erased note; on p. 34, erased note in pencil; on p. 37, internal reference, "vide 32 pa.”; on p. 58, marginal lines and note “Vesalij aetas”; on p. 72, underlinings and marginal note “os sacrum”; on p. 90, underlinings and correction of errata; on p. 110, underlinings and summary note; on p. 111, underlinings and summary note, “figura”; on p. 119, underlinings and marginal line; on p. 123, underlinings, marginal note “Spina” and Greek word copied out; on p, 131, underlinings and marginal note, “Musculi”; on p. 160, underlinings and marginal note “In Gallia”; on p. 200, note next to the illustration “forficula [...]”; on p. 268, marginal cross and underlinings; on p. 272, marginal word and underlinings; on p. 341, marginal word at last line, “respiratio”, and underlinings; on p. 353, marginal word “4 motus” and underlinings; on p. 593, marginal word “situs” and underlinings; on p. 729, marginal word “adeps” and underlinings; on p. 735, marginal phrase “venae cavae exortus” and underlinings; on p. 789, marginal word “Horab” and underlinings; on p. 801, marginal word and underlinings; on p. 802, summary notes on the eye and underlinings; further underlinings on pp. 2, 12, 16, 31, 39, 46, 49, 56, 57, 71, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366. 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 408, 409, 429, 430, 431, 432, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 503, 504, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 555, 556, 557, 589, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658. 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670. 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807.
Censorship: on p. 572 and p. 575, potential early marks of censorship that once covered the penis in the woodcuts.
II/P28.
United Kingdom
Owner 2
Physical Description: A complete copy with minor worming, some browning and spotting. Bifolium inserts present after pp. 504 and 552, bound sideways in the middle facing left, m3 sheet present after vascular insert. Intact woodcut on p. 560.
Binding: Contemporary blindstamped calf with floral decorations, resewn, spine renewed, modern flyleaves.
Provenance: Unknown. Purchased by current owner in 2002 from Quaritch.
Annotations: None.
II/P29.
United Kingdom
Owner 2
Physical Description: Unknown.
Binding: Half vellum binding, gilt letters “I. C. F. D. 1667” on front cover.
Provenance: The London physician Robert Gray (1648-1701); a certain Dr. Robert Hunter; a certain John Ord, possible the London politician John Ord, FRS (1729-1814); a certain John Talbot Germon; the Lilly Library of the University of Indiana in 1979; the Parisian book dealer Pierre Berès; the French investment banker and collector Marc Litzler; sold by Christie’s Paris to the current owner in February 2019. Manuscript note “Roberti Gray collegii med. lond. 1696; manuscript note “L. P.” from 1756 with price £ 2.2; manuscript note of Dr. Robert Hunter; ex-libris of John Ord; ex-libris of John Talbot Germon; note of Pierre Berès.
Annotations: Old manuscript annotations on leaves. a2, a4, ff5, hh5-6, ii1 and ss3.
II/P30.
United Kingdom
Owner 2
Physical Description: A complete copy, X2 sheet present, with some worming, dampstaining and browning.
Binding: Half vellum and paper covered boards from c. 1900.
Provenance: The Kansas City, KS, physician and medical writer Logan Clendening (1884–1945); the Clendening Medical Library of the University of Kansas; the American cardiologist W. Bruce Fye; acquired by the current owner in March 2019 from Bonham’s New York.
Annotations: Unknown.
II/P31.
United Kingdom
Owner 2
Physical Description: An incomplete copy, frontispiece missing.
Binding: Modern crushed burgundy morocco by Antolín Palomino Olalla.
Provenance. The Palma, Mallorca book collector Bartolomé March Servera (1917-1998); the Santiago, Chile-based architect Carlos Alberto Cruz; acquired by the current owner at Sotheby’s auction in May 2021. Bookplate Bartholome March.
Annotations: Unknown.