Felicis Plateri archiatri et profess. Basil. de corporis humani structura et usu libri III. : Tabulis methodice explicati, iconibus accurate illustrati. Qui libri cum operi practico recens ab eodem autore edito plurimùm inseruiant, denuò sunt publicati.

De corporis humani structura et usu libri III

Basileae : Apud Ludovicum König, M.DCIII. [1603]

8 unnumbered pages, 197 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 50 pages, 50 unnumbered leaves of plates ; folio (30 cm)

Froben press mark at end of first group of paging, prior to liber tertius.

"Liber tertius" (2nd group of paging) has special title page, and consists of 50 engraved plates with accompanying letterpress. The plates are for the most part reduced copies of Andreas Vesalius's. Cf. author's letter to the reader, and Harvey Cushing, A biobibliography of Andreas Vesalius. 2 ed. Hamden, 1962, p. 97-98.

Errata notes on p. 197v.

Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Med. Soc. Lond. Two 17th century manuscript inscriptions at foot of title page, the first crossed out and the later: Enitor dabit ... non ... [illegible]. This book was formerly part of the collection of the Medical Society of London, which was deposited for safekeeping in the Wellcome Library in 1964. It was eventually purchased by the Wellcome Trust in 1984, with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and other charities.

In Latin with Greek references.