Constantii Varolii medici Bononiensis De neruis opticis : nonnullisq[ue] aliis praeter communem opinionem in humano capite obseruatis ..

Varolio, Constanzo, 1543-1575, Meietti, Paolo, fl. 1569-1598, printer, Meietti, Antonio, printer · 1573 · Patauij : Apud Paulum & Antonium Meiettos fratres · 6 pictures

A 1573 Latin anatomy treatise by the Bolognese physician Constanzo Varolio, printed in Padua by the brothers Paolo and Antonio Meietti, aimed at physicians and students studying the eye and brain. The woodcut pictures show an ornamental headpiece, a sculpted-looking brain mass, a labelled top view of the brain with its nerves, and a decorated initial letter with a lion-like face, so a designer might take from them the strong line-work and calligraphic ornament typical of Renaissance print.

Eye · Brain

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