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Philosophie naturalis compendium.

Leipzig: Melchior Lotter, 1499.

The last section of this commentary on Aristotle is an illustrated summary of anatomy, the text of which was derived, with some modifications, from medieval manuscripts. The series of eleven woodcuts has been called “the first series of anatomical figures specially prepared for a printed book”.  ISTC No. p00539000.  Digital facsimile from Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel at this link.

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Entry Number#363.2
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/330
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External URLphilosophia-naturalis-compendium

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leipzig