Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Prima Occulorum Figu: [and] Anatomicorum Instrumentorum delineatio

Work Record ID: 
0041261
Shelfmark: 
Ab 3.58
Holding Institution: 
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Catalogue Number: 
458
Title: 
Prima Oculorum Figura [and] Anatomicorum instrumentorum delineatio.
Title Notes: 
Note that the lens is incorrectly shown as occupying the centre of the eye globe; the original in Vesalius 1543 shows the same error.
Translated Title: 
First figure of the eye. [and] a drawing of anatomical instruments with a pig immobilized on a board for vivisection.
Creator: 
Hertford, John (active 1534-1548)
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas (b.Circa 1510, d.1562)
Creator Role: 
Author
Date: 
1545
Description: 
Dissections of the eye, and a table with instruments used in dissections on it. This is a composite plate that derives from pages 643, 644, 661 and 235 of Vesalius, 1543 (see Geminus 1552: ai0083).
Work Type: 
Print
Measurement: 
34 x 20.9cm (1' 1 3/8" x 8 1/4")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Engraving
Subject Category: 
Anatomy
Subject Category: 
Eye
Subject Category: 
Human Body
Reference: 
Bird 1037; Cushing VI.C.-2,
Related Work Title: 
Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, aere exarata
Related Work Page No: 
plate 40
Related Work Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
Image © 2005 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
96291536
Repro Notes: 
plate 40
Repro Title: 
Prima Occulorum Figu: [and] Anatomicorum Instrumentorum delineatio
Repro ID Number: 
0041261c
Repro Old ID Number: 
ai0261
Repro Rights Statement: 
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date: 
21/01/2004 16:03:00