Title page of Mondino de Luzzi (Mundinus) Anathomia

Title page of Mondino de Luzzi (Mundinus) Anathomia, published by Martin Pollick van Mellerstadt, Leipzig, 1493, showing anatomy demonstration. Finished in 1316, Anathomia was first published in Padua in 1478 and for upwards of a hundred years was the only textbook on anatomy. Italian physician and anatomist said to have been first since ancient times to carry out human dissection. Woodcut

1316 1478 1493 Anatomist Dissection Finished Leipzig Padua Textbook Upwards

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