MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326) - photo 1
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MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326)

Lot 123
10.12.2025 12:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 123 | MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326)
De omnibus humani corporis interioribus menbris Anathomia [edited by Joannes Adelphus]. Strassburg: M. Flach, 1513.
A scarce edition, with 16th-century manuscript annotations, of 'the first modern book devoted solely to anatomy' (Garrison-Morton).

Mundinus or Mondino (c. 1270-1326), a native of Bologna, was probably the first to introduce the systematic teaching of anatomy into medicine. ‘Mundinus re-introduced human dissection, which had been neglected for 1500 years before him; he was the most noted dissector of his period. The medieval anatomical vocabulary, well set forth by Mundinus, was derived from Arabic’ (Garrison-Morton). The early manuscript notes appear to refer on the title page to the application of medical receipts to different parts of the body (shoulders, under the left arm, on the right side, the little finger), and at the end to further medical matters, including a section on good diet, and another of a traditional receipt involving herbs. Wellcome I, 4485; Durling 3229; Waller 6748; cf. Garrison-Morton 361 (first edition, 1478).

Quarto (188 x 138mm). 40 leaves. Gothic letter, title with large anatomical woodcut of a dissected man surrounded by signs of the Zodiac repeated on recto of final leaf, small woodcut illustration of the heart on f4v, woodcut initials, long early manuscript note in ink in German with parts in Latin on recto of title and verso of final leaf, and annotations on second woodcut (text lightly browned, finger- and dust-stains, occasional marginal damp-staining, lower corner and fore-edge of final leaf torn and restored with loss of a little manuscript). Early twentieth-century dark red half roan, purple-pink cloth boards (upper hinge starting). Provenance: Royal Society of Medicine ([Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society] ink stamp to title, and foot of final two text leaves, gilt stamp to foot of upper cover and paper shelf mark at head of upper cover).
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