Shelfmark
Ga.4.01
Author
Title
The anatomy of the body of man : wherein is exactly described every part thereof in the same manner as it is commonly shewed in publick anatomies : and for the further help of yo[u]ng physitians and chyrurgions, there is added very many copper cuts far larger than is printed in any book written in the English tongue. Also explanations of every particular expressed in the copper plates. / published in Latin by Joh. Veslingus ; and Englished by Nich. Culpeper.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Peter Cole, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the printing-press in Cornhil [sic] neer the Royal Exchange., 1653.
Physical description
[14], 78, 179-192 p., [24] leaves (letterpress), 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Text of title-page enclosed in frame of fleur-de-lys type ornaments.
Note
Metalcut initials; double-rule at head of each page; head-pieces composed of type ornaments.
Note
Each plate faces an unnumbered leaf bearing explanatory text.
Citation/references note
Wing V286.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R23769
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary English mid-brown sprinkled sheep; blind tooled double fillet border with second line an inch from the spine; modern rebacking in sprinkled leather with blind tooled double fillet; new red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters and triple fillet frame; faded red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Ff.2.2.
Copy-specific note
All twenty-four plates are present in this copy.
Subject
Human anatomy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616 - 1654 translator.
Added entry--name
Cole, Peter, ? - d. 1665 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B46306