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    Posted 11 years ago

    Phatbuddha
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    Printing block with death on it. Looks pretty old. I will get a roller and ink and see if I can get a Print from it.

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 11 years ago
      It looks like it's in Latin.
      Andreae Vasalii.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius
      The image of death may well be from his book on human anatomy:
      De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_humani_corporis_fabrica
    2. Phatbuddha Phatbuddha, 11 years ago
      Thank you so much. I've found this Piece years ago at the dump and thou I would never find out anything about it. Thank you so much. How old do you think it is?
    3. vetraio50 vetraio50, 11 years ago
      No idea as yet about the age with just these images.
      You can see the image here:
      http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/vesaliusgallery.htm
      You have the title page, the fourth image I'd say.
      It is bound to have been re-done many a time over the centuries too!
      But then maybe you have something of import.

      Let's see what some of the others say.

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