FALLOPIO, Gabriele / Ed. COITER, Volker

Lectiones de partibus similaribus humani corporis, ex diversis exemplaribus a Volchero Coiter.

      Nuremberg Theodor Gerlach 1575. First edition. A series of anatomical lectures by Falloppio in their first published appearance, including 2 tracts by Coiter on the comparative osteology of quadrupeds and birds, the first study of developmental osteology. The Lectiones is illustrated with 5 large engraved plates, pronounced by Herlinger "far superior in quality to the zoological illustrations of Aldrovandi[;] they occupy a prominent position in the history of zoology and comparative anatomy.".