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This is the third edition of the seminal work on the development of the human fetus, published in 1573 by the Italian physician and anatomist Giulio Cesare Aranzi. The book is a landmark in the history of human anatomy and embryology, as it was the first detailed study of human fetal development based on dissection and observation. The book is illustrated with detailed woodcuts of fetal development and is an important document of Renaissance science and medicine.

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