(Science, Médecine) - VESALIUS, Andreas.- De humani... Lot 290

(Science, Médecine) - VESALIUS, Andreas.- De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basileae, per Joannem Oporinum (ex officina Joannis Oporini, 1555 mense augusto). In-f°: [12]-824-[48] pp.; 2 plates (tears, margins or corners repaired, restorations mostly marginal except two in the engr. title with small lacks and in the pl. p. 504 without loss, one fold of pl. p. 554 reinforced, small marginal tears not repaired and hole in p. 210 without lack, marginal dampstains, one larger with mould at p. 213, numerous small foxing on pp. 233-245, rare ink stains, some mould in the margins, pp. 568-569 stuck together and the detachment of them caused a tear in p. 568, p. 699 remounted, marginal handwritten notes at the dedication). 17th Century binding: vellum on wooden boards, blind decorated boards with fillets and central fleuron in lozenge, ribbed spine with blind fillets, brown edges (soiled, restorations at the edges, corners, joint, turn ins and in a raised band, clasps lacking, scratches, wormhole on the upper board, flyleaves renewed with some tears repaired). Under case (rubbed on the edges). Third edition, and second in-f° edition, enlarged and offering Vesalius' final revisions of the text of this most influential work. Copy with wide margins in an elegant typography, splendidly illustrated, mostly from the original blocks after Titian, Jan Stephen Van Calcar, Giovanni Britto, Domenico Campagnola... with: an engraved title figuring an anatomical lecture of Vesalius followed by a large crowd,- the portrait of the physicist,- 2 folding plates,- more than 200 woodcut illustrations in the text including 20 figuring full skelettons or human bodies (depicting the nerves, muscles and veins),- numerous initial letters, some large, nicely and richly decorated with medical scenes with children,- and Oporinus' device with the motto "Invia virtuti nulla est via" picturing Arion up on a dolphin, mark suggested by Vesalius himself and continued to use by the Swiss printer. This