The figures, most of which are reproductions from the original blocks preserved in the library of the University of Munich, are now generally conceded to have been drawn by Jan Stephan van Calcar. The text (reprinted from the Fabrica, 1555, 1543 and the Epitome, 1543) explains the symbols used in the wood blocks, and therefore forms an index of the illustrations and their symbols.
" Emissa sunt sescenta quindecim exemplaria numeris 1-615 notata ... Praeterea impressa sunt exemplaria centum decem quae continent figuras solas neque Characterum indices. Haec exemplaria ... signantur I-CX. Hoc exemplar habet numerum 30."
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