Tabula foeminae membra demonstrans.

Item Info

Title:
Tabula foeminae membra demonstrans.
Date:
1589
Creator:
Gronenberg, Simon, active 1579-1602, printer
Description:

  • Female anatomical figure. Ten accessory illustrations of organs surround figure, with alphabetical and numerical references to explanatory texts; letterpress descriptive text printed on the left of the figure and below the woodcut, with title: Particularium figurarum designatio.

  • Likely issued with skeleton and male figures on separate sheets. Cf. Carlino.

  • Decorative woodcut initial at beginning of text.

  • Figure is hand colored.

  • Not in VD 16 (online).

  • Imperfect: Number of flaps unknown as all but part of one is missing.

  • Referenced by: Carlino, A. Paper bodies, 40.

Location:
Subject:
Format:
Publisher:
VVitebergae : impressa typis & figuris Simonis Gronenbergij, anno MDLXXXIX [1589]
Language:
Latin
Extent:
1 print : woodcuts ; 40 x 30 cm
Digital Collection:
Anatomical Fugitive Sheets
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006071465
Provenance:
Josiah C. Trent Collection. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • 006071465
  • fgsms01005
  • ark:/87924/r4t43r46t
  • 5913748e-a69f-4c2c-b9d2-c355d49a6587
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Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.