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Image 1 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 2 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 3 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 4 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 5 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 6 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 7 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 8 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 9 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 10 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 11 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 12 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 13 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 14 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 15 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
Image 16 — 1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)
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1543 Vesalius Epitome in German, found in terrible condition, 2015 census records 30 known examples, 1-2 in private hands. Conservation and valuation advice? (NSFW for anatomical and human dissection content)

Slim but huge print size anatomical reference work from the 1500s. Colophon says it was printed in August of 1543 in Basel. Cutout pages intact (they were apparently intended to be cut out and pasted by hand to show a layered human anatomical reference). One page with two engravings missing, otherwise complete. Condition is currently terrible — mold (not sure if dormant or active), foxing, water damage, stains throughout the book, edge loss, worming holes, and possibly blood on the cover (it was used during dissections after all…). But it seems to be extremely rare in private hands. I’d like to get it appraised and would like to inquire somewhere about possible conservation. Any advice? I am based in Zurich.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283823359_The_Vesalius_'Epitome'_of_'De_Humani_Corporis_Fabrica'_of_1543_-A_Worldwide_Census_with_New_Findings

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u/NotJohnB — 5 days ago