Tabulae anatomicae: De Formato Foetu Tabulae

Item

Open book, showing text on the left page, and a black and white illustration of a naked woman with a baby "blooming" from her stomach on the right page.
Title
Tabulae anatomicae: De Formato Foetu Tabulae
Description
This book was created by the 16th-century Italian anatomist Giulio Cesare Casseri and published posthumously. De Formato Foetu Tabulae is an accompanying volume to his book, Tabulae Anatomicae. These volumes make up a medical atlas, with particular attention to the muscles. At the time, Tabulae Anatomicae was though to be a wholly complete medical atlas of the human body. This edition contains extensive illustrations and limited publication notes.
Creator
Casseri, Giulio Cesare, approximately 1552-1616
Date
1627 [original text published]
1971 [facsimile published]
Format
30.2cm x 36.5cm x 3cm
Identifier
ff QM11 C344 (1627) 1971
Publisher
Medicina Rara (New York)
Type
Book
Original Format
Book
Tag
16th-century anatomists
17th-century texts
Facsimiles
Italian anatomists
Item sets
Medical Texts in Facsimile
Site pages
17th Century Books