CH469000 Prima Musculorum Tabula, illustration from \'De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem\' by Andreas Vesalius (1514-64), published by Johannes Oporinus, Basel, June 1543 (colour woodcut) by Venetian School, (16th century); 42x27.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: first edition, the only completely coloured copy known; probably the dedication copy to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; On the Structure of the Human Body, Book VII; Andreas Vesalius (1514-64) Flemish anatomist and physician; The series of fourteen muscle men stand in landscapes that, when assembled in reverse order, form a panorama of the Euganean Hills near Padua, a landscape undoubtedly known to Vesalius during the period when he was at work on the Fabrica;); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images; Italian, out of copyright.