VESALIUS, Andreas & LEVILING, Heinrich Palmas

"Folio, second edition of Henrich Palmaz Leveling's (1742-1798) translation, iconic full-paged woodcut compartment illustrating the crowded dissecting room; engraved vignette to typographical title with portrait of Leveling with the caduceus and skeleton; illustrated with more than 200 text woodcuts printed from the original Vesalian blocks, which were destroyed during the second World War when Munich was bombed; including two double-paged woodcuts and two folding; bound in later full vellum (jointed part. br.) Some spotting due to the quality of the paper"