<em>De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.</em> (BRC0001)
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ADJ7045
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ADJ7045, <em>Imagines mortis,</em> Coloniae : Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni; 1555
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Book
BRB0687
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BRB0687. <em>Summa Doctrinae Christianae.</em> Vienna: Michael Zimmermann, 1555.
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CounterReformation
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Catechisms
31305
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31305. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354–430).<em> Omnium operum</em>. Paris: Charlotte Guillard and Guillaume Desboys, 1555.
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Early Printers
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Compilation
BRC0002
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BRC0002. Hippocrates (460–ca.370 BCE). <em>Opera quae apud nos extant omnia.</em> Leiden: Antoine Vincent, bookseller, 1553; Pierre Fradin, printer, 1555.
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MedHistory
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Medical Text
BRC0001
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BRC0001. Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564). <em>De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.</em> Basel: Joannes Oporinus, 1555.
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MedHistory
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Medical book with woodcut illustrations
Prothro B-478
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Prothro B-478. Desiderius Erasmus, of Rotterdam (c. 1466–1536). <em>In Novum Testamentum annotationes.</em> Basel: Hieronymus Froben and Nichlaus Episcopius, 1555.
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Ecclesiastical
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Biblical commentary with censoring