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Title
Anatomical diagram of the brain and spinal cord
Subject
Brain--anatomy & histolog
Spinal Cord--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraving attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet from a drawing by Gaspar Becerra and copied from a figure by Vesalius.--Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 205.
Cross-sections of the brain and spinal cord in 13 figures.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570?
Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?
Source
Original image in: Valverde de Amusco, Juan, approximately 1525-approximately 1588. Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano. Italian (In Roma : Per Ant. Salamanca, et Antonio Lafrerj., 1560). ZAc 1 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano, Juan Valverde de Amusco’s 1556 work of anatomy, contained 42 illustrations, all but 4 of which were copies from the work of Vesalius. This edition is an Italian translation published in 1560 with the title Anatomia del corpo humano.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1560
Language
ita
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZAc_1.116a
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
22 x 15 cm
Citation
Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570? and Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?, “Anatomical diagram of the brain and spinal cord,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2293.