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The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius : a worldwide descriptive census, ownership, and annotations of the 1543 and 1555 editions / edited by Daniel Margocsy, Mark Somos, Stephen N. Joffe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Margócsy, Dániel, author.
- Series:
- History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern philosophy and science. 2468-6808 ; Volume 28.
- Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ; Volume 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica.
- Medical Subjects:
- Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (537 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- A Valuable Book
- Provenance
- Reading and Annotating the Fabrica: The Sporadic Reader
- Censorship: Controlling Reading
- Conclusion
- Guide to the Catalogue
- 1543 Editions
- 1555 Editions
- Copies Sold at Auctions
- Private Copies
- Back Matter
- Appendix
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-33630-3
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004336308 DOI
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