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1 of 2300 copies bound wth a leather spine and boards from a total edition of 2800. Leather spine and blue boards with a gilt cover illustration, folio, 33 cm, 81 unnumbered pp, illustrations (facsimiles) in red and black, Reprint of the 1495 ed. published by Giovanni and Gregorio de' Gregori, de Forlivio, Venice. Includes the Consilium pro peste evitanda, by Pietro da Tossignano (p. 42-51) and the Anatomia by Mondino dei Luzzi (p. 53-80). The plates for this printing were made from a copy of the 1945 Venice edition belonging to the collection of Otto Schäfer, Schweinfurt. From the publisher's advance notice: "The Fasciculus Medicinae is a collection of medieval medical treatises written in the 15th century by the German doctor and professor, Johannes von Ketham (perhaps derived from "Kirchheim" in Swabia). The first printed edition in Latin appeared posthumously in Venice in 1491, together with a series of instructive illustrations in the style of the Middle Ages. The work acquired wide recognition as the first illustrated medical book in the history of printing. Due to its woodcuts former and later depictions of the didactic figures in this style, rich of tradition, became known as the Ketham Group, including urin glasses, wound-man, zodiac-man, situs of a pregnant woman, whereas the disease-man already points to a new style. In 1493 an enlarged Italian edition appeared and 1495 the corresponding edition in Latin, with a new title page and new scenes in the most brilliant Renaissance style of contour woodcuts, all in addition to the older didactic figures, from which the "female situs" was exchanged for a new type. Because of their high standard, the new illustrations were credited to the school of Bellini. The collection repre sents the turning point in medieval and modern illustration. The text of the Latin edition of 1495, with a rich Venetian initial letter embellishment, additionally contains a complete rendering of the Anathomia of Mondino of 1316, with a suitable wood engraving showing the dissection of a human body together with the lecturer (Mondino), the surgeon and pupils. This is of great historical significance insofar as the Bolognan Professor of Anatomy, Mondino dei Luzzi (1275-1326) was the first who - two hundred years before Vesalius - introduced human anatomy with dissection and demonstration into the lectures of universities. Although Mondino still relied on the Arabic tradition of Galen and his animal dissections, his textbook remained exemplary for many generations. It found its widest circulation through the Latin printed edition of Ketham's "Fasciculus"." Copy No. 2038. Very Good in a slightly fingermarked slipcase. Laid in are an 'Advance Notice' describing the book and a circular letter from the publisher accompanying the book.