Thomas Geminus, Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio aere exarata, London: T. Geminus, 1559, verso of engraving inserted after Bvii verso, K.7.15.

The verso of Geminus’s engraving of Vesalius’s skeleton shows how it was used to make a further copy, by pricking along the outlines with a pin, with a sheet of paper placed underneath the engraving. This method, known as ‘pouncing’, was a common means of copying drawings. This also serves as a reminder that Vesalius’s images could be copied indirectly via works that copied the Fabrica.