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The <i>Fabrica</i> of Andreas Vesalius

A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

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Buch. Hardcover

2018

XX, 538 S. 132 Farbabbildungen, 5 s/w-Zeichnungen, 9 s/w-Tabelle.

In englischer Sprache

Brill. ISBN 9789004336292

Format (B x L): 21,5 x 28,9 cm

Gewicht: 2201 g

Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science; 28

Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Third Neu-Whitrow Prize (2021) granted by the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of IUHPS-DHST

Additional background information

This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book’s vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century.