Five Facsimile Volumes: Constanzo VAROLIO (1573), Joannes BAPTISTA (1541), Gabriel FALLOPPIO Vol 1 & 2 (1561) and a Discussion of the Work of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels (1514-1564)
1) VAROLIO, Constanzo (Varolii) (1543-1575) 'De Neruis opticis nunnullisq; alliis præter communem opinonem in humano capite observatis' (On the optic nerves, and some others besides the common opinion observed in the human head).
Pub. PATAVII: Apud Paulvm & Antonium Meiettos fratres 1573. Facsimile published in Bruxelles by Culture et Civilisation 1969. Collation: 8° a8 A8 b-d8 ($1-4 signed - c3) 40 leaves; ff. [8] 1-32. Collation Brief: Title, [7]leaves, 32 leaves :: 3 woodcuts. Varolio was professor of anatomy at Bologna and Rome. He is credited with the first dissection of the pons of the brain which is illustrated in his De nerve opticia.
'Varoli described a new method of dissection which enabled him for the first time to observe and describe the pons. As a result of his new method of dissecting, Varoli was able to make some contributions to the knowledge of the course and termination of the cranial nerves and to trace the course of the optic nerve approximately to its true termination. His name is perpetuated in the 'pons varolii', (Garrison and Morton 1377.2). Modern blue leather cover, few foxing spots else clean copy. References: Garrison and Morton 1377.2 and 1478. Bookplates Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (174x125mm)
2) CANANO, Joannes Baptista (1515-1578) 'Musculorum humani corporis pioctorata dissectio. Per Ioannem Baptistam Cananum Ferrariensem medicum, in Bartholomei Nigrisoli Ferrariensis patritii gratiam, nunc primum in lucem edita' (Illustrated dissection of the muscles of the human body. By John Baptist Canan, a physician from Ferrari, in gratitude to Bartholomew Nigrisoli, a patrician from Ferrari, now first published in print). Pub. [FERRARA? : 1541?]. Facsimile with notes by Harvy Cushing and Edward C. Streeter. FLORENCE: R. Lier & Co. 1925. Monumenta Medica IV. Collation: 4° A-E4 ($1-2 signed) 20 leaves; no page of leaf numbers. Plates part of gatherings on B2r, B2v, B3v, B4r, B4v, C1r, C2r, C2v, C3r, C3v, C4r, C4v, D1r, D1v, D2r, D2v, D3r, D3v, D4r, D4v, E1r, E1v, E2r, E2v, E3r, E3v, E4r. Canao was appointed professor of anatomy at Ferrara in 1541. He started to prepare a volume of anatomy in parts, only this one, with 27 illustrations on the muscles of the arm was printed. In 1552 he went to Rome as Palatine physician. Now become very rare. 'Contains copper-plates of the bones and muscles of the upper limb, from drawings by Girolamo da Carpi, which "in realism and exactitude surpassed anything between Leonardo and Vesalius; but having seen the woodcuts of [Vesalius's] Fabrica, the high-minded Ferrarese deliberately supressed his own book, and only 11 copies are now extant" (A.C. Klebs). The first book in which each muscle was illustrated separately.' (Garrison and Morton 373).
Half woven linen binding with pale blue paper boards, title printed to spine, minor foxing and tanning. References: Garrison and Morton 373. Jeremy Norman cat 13, 1983 list a copy at $375. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell. (210x160mm)
3&4) FALLOPPIO, Gabriel (1523-1563) 'Observationes anatomica ad Petrum Mannam Medicum Cremoneasum' (Anatomical observations to Peter Manna, physician of Cremona) Volumes 1 (fax) and 2 (translation into Italian).
Pub. VENETIIS; Apud Mardum Anatonium Ulmon, 1561. Facsimile (photographic reproduction) published in 1964 on the occasion of the XX1V Convegno Nazionats della Societa Italiana de Anatomna, Modena 12-13 Ottobre. It is in two volumes of which the first is the facsimile, and the second is the translation into Italian with introduction and annotations. Edited by Gabriella Righi Riva and Pericle di Pietro. Collation: *8 A-2E8 ($1-4 signed). Collation Brief: [8], 222, [1] leaves. Cream patterned card covers, some shelf wear and sunning, very minor tanning and spots, signed note to inner cover of Vol 1. Reference: Garrison & Morton 1208. Presentation copy from Prof. Dr. di Pietro with his letter dated 9 February 1966. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell. (167x117mm)
5) SAUNDERS, J.B. de C. M. & O'Malley, Charles 'The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels [1514-1564], with annotations, a discussion of the plates and their background, authorship and influence, and a biographical sketch of Vesalius'. Pub. CLEVELAND & NY: The World Publishing Co. 1950 with order pamphlet, repro of prints 1950, reproduced from 'Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae' 1934, Library of the University of Munich and the NY Academy of Medicine (History of Medicine Series No.3), 252pp. Vesalius was an Anatomist and Physician, born in Brussels who became Professor at the University of Padua and Physician to Emperor Charles V. He is quite often referred to as a major figure in the advancement of human anatomy. Red buckram cover with gold embossed title, mustard yellow pictorial dust jacket, peach endpapers, minor foxing to pages, some foxing and minor tears to jacket. Bookplate : Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (230x310mm)




PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $100-150