1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 39.9 x 21.1 cm
lettering: Bibliotheca anatomica Lettering on obelisks, left and right: Multum egerūt qui a(n)te nos fuerunt, sed non peregerūt, multumque restabit, nec ulli nato per mille secula praecludetur…
"In 1543, Vesalius asked Johannes Oporinus to publish the book De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), a groundbreaking work of human anatomy he dedicated to Charles V and which many believe was…