Posted 12 years ago
Phatbuddha
(220 items)
Printing block with death on it. Looks pretty old. I will get a roller and ink and see if I can get a Print from it.
Printing block with death on it. Looks pretty old | ||
| Office Antiques1364 of 1931 |  |  |
Printing block with death on it. Looks pretty old | ||
| Office Antiques1364 of 1931 | | |
Posted 12 years ago
Phatbuddha
(220 items)
Printing block with death on it. Looks pretty old. I will get a roller and ink and see if I can get a Print from it.
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It looks like it's in Latin.
Andreae Vasalii.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius
The image of death may well be from his book on human anatomy:
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_humani_corporis_fabrica
Thank you so much. I've found this Piece years ago at the dump and thou I would never find out anything about it. Thank you so much. How old do you think it is?
No idea as yet about the age with just these images.
You can see the image here:
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/vesaliusgallery.htm
You have the title page, the fourth image I'd say.
It is bound to have been re-done many a time over the centuries too!
But then maybe you have something of import.
Let's see what some of the others say.