Vesalius, Andreas: Anatomia Viri in hoc Genere Princip. Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis: in qua tota humani corporis fabrica ... ob oculos ponitur: additis Unicuiq[ue] figuræ notis, et indicibus Alphabeticis ... Opus perinsigne et utilißimum, nunc primum quam emendatißime editum (Amsterdam, 1617)

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