VALVERDE DE AMUSCO, JUAN

Historia de la composición del cuerpo humano.

VALVERDE DE AMUSCO, JUAN.

Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano. Printers: Antonio de Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. Rome, 1556. Size: 29,5 x 20,5 cm. 177 leaves (354 pages)

The work of Valverde was the text which most contributed, by means of 16 editions in four languages, to spreading throughout Europe the new anatomy following the reform headed by Andrés Vesalio, it was the first morphological book illustrated with traced prints. It includes 42 illustrations, some replicas of those by Vesalio and other originals, wich as a whole offer important scientific innovations. Its drawing has been attributed to Gaspar Becerra who, in any case, appears to be the author of the famous illustration of the "muscular man", whose status is clearly influenced by Michael Angelo.

- Our edition: Valencia 1998. From the copy kept in the Biblioteca Histórico-Médica de la Universidad de Valencia.

-Edition of 3.000 copies, numbered and signed by notary and with the signature of the printer-publisher.

-Binding: Parchment on wooden board.

-Presentation case cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile and study in Spanish.

-Specially made laid paper.

-Study in Spanish: by José María López Piñero (Former Head of the Institute of Documental and Historical Studies on Science of the University of Valencia-CSIC) . Included in Bibliofilia Antigua V. .