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Title page : 'Andreae Vesalii / Bruxellensis, Scholae / medicorum Patavinae professoris, de / Humani corporis fabrica / Libri septem.'
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Title page : 'Andreae Vesalii / Bruxellensis, Scholae / medicorum Patavinae professoris, de / Humani corporis fabrica / Libri septem.'
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On the structure of the human body, seven books. By Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, Professor in the medical school of Padua.
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On the structure of the human body, seven books. By Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, Professor in the medical school of Padua.
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Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
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1543
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The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor of Greek Johannes Oporinus. The text in the scroll at the bottom of the page reads : [Published with] thanks to and privilege from, the Holy Roman Emperor [Charles V], the King of France and the Senate of Venice as is set out in their certificates'. This is one of the most famous title pages in renaissance printing. Space does not permit any adequate analysis here, but a point of note is that, in spite of the superficial appearance of an anatomy in a neo-classical interior, the anatomy is in fact being conducted in the open air in a temporary structure. Traditionally, anatomies are illustrated with the teacher or professor seated above the scene of action, the dissection being carried out by an assistant (often a surgeon) and a demonstrator indicating structures with a pointer. The teacher is often shown reading from a text the description of the parts. Here, Vesalius is shown carrying out the anatomy with his own hands and we know that this is indeed how he taught; a set of notes by a German medical student, Baldasar Heseler, made at a series of anatomical demonstrations that Vesalius gave in Bologna in 1540 has survived. (Transcription of Latin notes & English translation published by Erikson, 1959).
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The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor of Greek Johannes Oporinus. The text in the scroll at the bottom of the page reads : [Published with] thanks to and privilege from, the Holy Roman Emperor [Charles V], the King of France and the Senate of Venice as is set out in their certificates'. This is one of the most famous title pages in renaissance printing. Space does not permit any adequate analysis here, but a point of note is that, in spite of the superficial appearance of an anatomy in a neo-classical interior, the anatomy is in fact being conducted in the open air in a temporary structure. Traditionally, anatomies are illustrated with the teacher or professor seated above the scene of action, the dissection being carried out by an assistant (often a surgeon) and a demonstrator indicating structures with a pointer. The teacher is often shown reading from a text the description of the parts. Here, Vesalius is shown carrying out the anatomy with his own hands and we know that this is indeed how he taught; a set of notes by a German medical student, Baldasar Heseler, made at a series of anatomical demonstrations that Vesalius gave in Bologna in 1540 has survived. (Transcription of Latin notes & English translation published by Erikson, 1959).
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Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
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De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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