M0018353EA: Ten historiated initials from Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica, 1555

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Vesalius "De humani...", 1555: ten historiated initials

Photograph of a selection of decorated initial letters from the 1555 Basel edition of Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica. Related images: M0018353EB

November 1960

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 24653i. It also holds the 1555 edition of the work: EPB/D/6562/1.1

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.