Vesalius (Andreas).- Geminus (Thomas) Anatomes totius, aere insculpta delineatio..., edited by Jacques Grévin, first Continental edition, title with woodcut printer's device and full-page large woodcut coat-of-arms to verso, 36 engraved plates by Geminus after Vesalius only (of 40, lacking Adam & Eve plate and 3 others), some soiling and water-staining, slight worming passing through most of text and plates but mostly minor and unobtrusive (in many cases reduced to single small hole), some plates sharp but several rather flat and dull, ink stain to D5 slightly affecting following plate, nineteenth century ink inscription of W.A.R.Braybrooke of Wokingham, Berks. to front pastedown, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed and stained, a few wormholes, upper joint split, spine ends and corners repaired, [Adams V599; Cushing VI.C.5], folio, Paris, André Wechel, 1564; sold not subject to return

⁂ The first edition of Vesalius to be published in France, with plates by Geminus pirated from Vesalius.