Highlights From A 1661 Anatomical Pop-Up Book

Highlights from the 1661 pop-up book  – deep breath – Kleiner welt spiegel, das ist, abbildung göttlicher schöpffung an dess menschen leib : mit beygesetzer schrifftlicher Erklärung : so wo zu Gottes Weissheit : als dess menschen selbst erkandtnuss dienend , by Remmelin, Johann, 1583-1632; translator; Kilian, Lucas, 1579-1637, engraver; Schultes, Johann, -1667; bookseller; Görlin, Johann.

In short, it’s a book of engraved anatomical figures with flaps which can be lifted to depict cut-outs of anatomical structures.

 

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Via: Internet Archive

 

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