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Hi all (please ignore previous post) I just want to let everyone know about the current Library exhibition at the Royal Society of Medicine which is open to the public and free of charge. (Please feel free to pass on the information) Thanks. Nicola Wood Librarian: CollectionManagement RSM Library Woodcut exhibition at the RSM Library Johannes Ketham's Fasciculus Medicinć, first published in Venice in 1491, represents a double first in the history of publishing. It contains the first printed anatomic illustrations of any kind, and it was the first medical book to be illustrated by woodcuts. Charles Estienne's De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, published in Paris in 1545, was delayed in publication by a dispute between the author and Étienne de la Rivičre, the surgeon, anatomist, and artist who had assisted at dissections and supplied some of the illustrations for the book. Had they patched up their differences earlier, this book would have predated Vesalius's famous De Fabrica published in 1543. Many of the plates in Estienne's book are dated between 1530 and 1532, and most of the work was completed by 1539 with woodcuts by Jean "Mercure" Jollat. Leonhart Fuchs's New Kreüterbuch from 1543 contains detailed plant-portraits drawn from life in Fuchs's garden at Tübingen by Albert Meyer, before being transferred to woodblocks by Heinrich Füllmaurer, and cut into wood by Viet Rudolph Speckle. Portraits of all three artists are included in the work, as well as descriptions and illustrations of over 400 German plants and 100 foreign plants. These and several other works are on show as part of an exhibition of woodcut illustrated books from the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine from 9th January 2012 - 24th February 2012. The exhibition is on the second-floor of the RSM Library and is open to the public. Admission is free of charge. Opening hours: Mon - Thurs. 9.00 - 19.00 Fri. 9.00 - 17.30 Sat. 10.00 - 16.30 Nicola Wood BA(Hons) MCLIP Librarian: Collection Management Royal Society of Medicine Library 1 Wimpole Street London W1G 0AE T: 020 7290 3909 F: 020 7290 2939 www.rsm.ac.uk ***************** Important Notice - Disclaimer ****************** This email is from the Royal Society of Medicine, Registered Charity No:- 206219 This email and any attachments may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. This email is intended for the use of the addressee only. Any unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your email software and then delete the message. Email sent to the RSM may be monitored in line with current legislation and good practice. ************************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________