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The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions (2018)

Margócsy, Dániel (Author)
Somos, Mark (Author)
Joffe, Stephen N. (Author)

Brill
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9789004336292

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 538 pp.

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Annotations and marginalia Reading Transmission of texts Books Anatomy Medicine Bibliographies 16th century Vesalius, Andreas

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.

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Review Richard W. Tait (2019) Review of "The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 39). unapi

Review Sietske Fransen (2020) Review of "The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 159-160). unapi

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Digital Resource Margócsy, Dániel; Somos, Márk; Joffe, Stephen N. The Vesalius Census. unapi

Personal Recognition Margócsy, Dániel; Somos, Mark; Joffe, Stephen N. (2021) Neu Whitrow Prize Award of 2021. unapi

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