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Estienne’s “On dissection of the human body”

Charles Estienne (1504-1564) was a French printer and anatomist who in 1545 printed one of the first anatomies to include illustrations1. This book, De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres (On dissection of the human body), includes 62 full-page woodcuts printed from 56 woodblocks, each receiving from the start attention for their eroticism and novel Read more