Folio (396 x 247 mm). 17 engraved anatomical plates by Bonavera. (Lacking engraved title, lacking plate number 3, with plate 16 in duplicate, a few minor stains, otherwise fine). 20th-century decorative paper-covered boards.

FIRST EDITION of Bonavera's set of "the 3 skeletal plates and 14 muscle plates, all re-engraved on copper (in reverse) directly from the Fabrica with the same landscape background" (Cushing). The first plate is signed "Ticianus Inventor et Delineavt," and the rest are signed "T. L. D.", as the plates were still attributed to Titian at the time of printing. Choulant-Frank p.196; Cushing, Vesalius VI.D-9.