Viscerum, hoc est, Interiorum corporis humani partium descriptio.

Item Info

Title:
Viscerum, hoc est, Interiorum corporis humani partium descriptio.
Date:
1540? to 1550?
Creator:
Parijs, Silvester van, engraver
Description:

  • Woodcut male and female figures on separate sheets; each figure is seated and is accompanied by letterpress text in two columns to the right and left; according to Choulant the figures originally had 7 flaps.

  • Woodcut initial on each sheet.

  • Hand colored.

  • The figures resemble those printed on other fugitive sheets by Silvester van Parijs, dated 1540-1550 by Carlino. Cf. Carlino, A. Paper Bodies, Cat. 17-19.

  • Referenced by: Choulant, L. Geschichte und Bibliographie der anatomischen Abbildung, page 194

  • View video demonstration of a previous web interface for this item here: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r49888w8g.

Location:
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Format:
Publisher:
[Antwerp] : Siluester à Parisiis figurarum sculptor imprimebat Antuerpiae, [between 1540 and 1550?]
Language:
Digital Collection:
Anatomical Fugitive Sheets
Provenance:
Purchased with Mary Olive Thomas Fund and Trent Associates Fund. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library).
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Related Resources:
See below
Identifier:
  • 005851818
  • fgsms01002
  • ark:/87924/r4np23t2k
  • 20a90128-fe1f-49db-86c4-cb3c4cc21322
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4np23t2k
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.