Tabula foeminae membra demonstrans.

Item Info

Title:
Tabula foeminae membra demonstrans.
Date:
1625
Creator:
Gormann, Johann, -1628, printer
Description:

  • Woodcut anatomical female 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. Cf. Carlino.

  • Similar to Gronenberg's and Schönborn's Wittenberg editions (Carlino 40, 35.2), only the layout of the text is slightly different. Cf. Carlino.

  • Imperfect: Lacks flaps; trimmed on left side with loss of explanatory text; torn at bottom with loss of text and part of imprint.

  • Not in VD 17 (online).

  • Referenced by: Carlino, A. Paper bodies, 50.

Location:
Subject:
Format:
Publisher:
VVittebergae : Excusa typis Iohannis Gormanni, anno MDCXXV [1625]
Language:
Extent:
1 print : woodcuts ; 41 x 27 c
Digital Collection:
Anatomical Fugitive Sheets
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006071458
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:
  • 006071458
  • fgsms01008
  • ark:/87924/r46d5wd03
  • 0d12935e-66c3-4e6b-8979-2a5d0a94cec1
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r46d5wd03
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.