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Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564 · 1566 · Antverpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini · 39 pictures

This is a 1566 Antwerp anatomical atlas by Andreas Vesalius, printed by the Plantin office, for physicians and students of anatomy. Its plates show flayed figures and separated muscles, bones and organs drawn in fine engraved line on plain pages with running Latin headings. A designer could take its clean hatched linework, flayed-figure poses and diagrammatic detail for scientific or vintage medical imagery.

Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800 · Human anatomy -- Atlases -- Early works to 1800

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