Title Page and Dedication for the "Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio"

1545

Not on view

Title and dedication page (bound together) of the anatomy book published by Thomas Geminus in London in 1545. The book reproduced the anatomical plates from Andreas Vesalius' "De humani corporis fabrica", combined with the text of the "Epitome" by the same author, both published in 1543.

The work counts as one of the first examples of the use of engraving in England. The ony other example of engravings predating the "Compendiosa" are found in "The Birth of Mankind, otherwise named the Woman’s Book", an English version of Eucharius Rösslin’s "Der schwangern Frauwen und Hebammen Rosengarten" of 1513, published first by Richard Jonas in 1540, and in a new version by Thomas Raynalde in 1545. Geminus is sometimes associated with these publications, but the inferior quality of the engraved illustrations speaks against this attribution.

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Title: Title Page and Dedication for the "Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio"
Artist: Thomas Geminus (Netherlandish, active London, 1515–1562)
Artist: Related to Andreas Vesalius (Flemish, Brussels 1514–1564 Zakynthos, Greece)
Date: 1545
Medium: Engraving and letterpress
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 9/16 in. (37.3 × 26.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Philip Hofer, 1937
Object Number: 37.59a, b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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