[Rarebooks] FS: Rare First Separate Anatomical Work In Spanish. Valladolid: 1551.

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(MEDICINE) Montana de Monserrate, Bernardino. LIBRO DE LA ANOTHOMIA DEL
HO[M]BRE. Valladolid: Sebastian Martinez. 1551. First edition. Folio
(11-1/2” x 8-3/8”) ff.144. Illustrated with 12 large anatomical
woodcuts after Vesalius. Title-page printed in red & black with a large
woodcut shield. The second section has a separate title page within a
woodcut border, signed “S.M.” Cont. vellum, hand lettered spine, upper
corner of back cover torn. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather
spine label. A few early annotations throughout, including a small
diagram of a jointed limb. Initial and final few leaves with some light
marginal staining and some rubbing to corners of last few leaves. Note:
the original binder has used sheets printed with a full-page devotional
woodcut broadside of the Virgin as endleaves. This same image is
repeated twice on the front endleaves and once at the rear. These
woodcuts constitute an unusual addition and are a rare survival in
themselves. Overall, a very good unsophisticated copy.  $45,000.00
This important work by Montana de Monserrate can be credited with
introducing into Spain the Vesalian anatomical system coupled with a
text in the vernacular. Norman Catalogue, p.556; Waller 6647; Durling
3239; Palau 177538.

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