De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543.
Folio (411 x 270 mm). Collation: *6; A-Z6 a-l6 m6(2+1 + fold-out sheet, both signed m3) n-o6 p4(3 + fold-out sheet signed p4) q-z6 Aa-Ll6 Mm8. 355 leaves and two folding sheets. Roman and italic types, occasional use of Greek and Hebrew types, printed shoulder notes. Woodcut pictorial title, author portrait, and printer's device; 7 large, 186 mid-sized, and 22 small woodcut initials; more than 200 woodcut illustrations, including 3 full-page skeletons, 14 full-page muscle-men, 5 large diagrams of veins and nerves, 10 mid-sized views of the abdomen, 2 mid-sized views of the thorax, 13 mid-sized views of the skull and brain, and numerous smaller views of bones, organs and anatomical parts. 17/18th-century calf, ruled and stamped in blind; morocco folding case. Lower joint and spine ends neatly repaired. Some light browning and staining.
Provenance Haskell F. Norman (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE ACCURATE STUDY OF HUMAN ANATOMY. "THE MOST FAMOUS ANATOMICAL WORK EVER PUBLISHED ... AND THE MILESTONE IN MEDICAL HISTORY" (Heirs) "The Fabrica revolutionized not only the science of anatomy but how it was taught. Throughout this encyclopedic work on the structure and workings of the human body, Vesalius provided a fuller and more detailed description of the human anatomy than any of his predecessors, correcting errors in the traditional anatomical teachings of Galen. Even more epochal than his criticism of Galen and other ... authorities was Vesalius's assertion that the dissection of cadavers must be performed by the physician himself. As revolutionary as the contents of the Fabrica and the anatomical discoveries which it published, was its unprecedented blending of scientific exposition, art and typography" (GM).
Adams V-603; Choulant-Frank, pp 178-80; Cushing VI.A.-1; Dibner Heralds of Science 122; Garrison-Morton-Norman 375; Grolier/Horblit 98; Grolier Medicine 18A; Heirs of Hippocrates 281; Norman 2137; PMM 71.
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543.
Folio (411 x 270 mm). Collation: *6; A-Z6 a-l6 m6(2+1 + fold-out sheet, both signed m3) n-o6 p4(3 + fold-out sheet signed p4) q-z6 Aa-Ll6 Mm8. 355 leaves and two folding sheets. Roman and italic types, occasional use of Greek and Hebrew types, printed shoulder notes. Woodcut pictorial title, author portrait, and printer's device; 7 large, 186 mid-sized, and 22 small woodcut initials; more than 200 woodcut illustrations, including 3 full-page skeletons, 14 full-page muscle-men, 5 large diagrams of veins and nerves, 10 mid-sized views of the abdomen, 2 mid-sized views of the thorax, 13 mid-sized views of the skull and brain, and numerous smaller views of bones, organs and anatomical parts. 17/18th-century calf, ruled and stamped in blind; morocco folding case. Lower joint and spine ends neatly repaired. Some light browning and staining.
Provenance Haskell F. Norman (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE ACCURATE STUDY OF HUMAN ANATOMY. "THE MOST FAMOUS ANATOMICAL WORK EVER PUBLISHED ... AND THE MILESTONE IN MEDICAL HISTORY" (Heirs) "The Fabrica revolutionized not only the science of anatomy but how it was taught. Throughout this encyclopedic work on the structure and workings of the human body, Vesalius provided a fuller and more detailed description of the human anatomy than any of his predecessors, correcting errors in the traditional anatomical teachings of Galen. Even more epochal than his criticism of Galen and other ... authorities was Vesalius's assertion that the dissection of cadavers must be performed by the physician himself. As revolutionary as the contents of the Fabrica and the anatomical discoveries which it published, was its unprecedented blending of scientific exposition, art and typography" (GM).
Adams V-603; Choulant-Frank, pp 178-80; Cushing VI.A.-1; Dibner Heralds of Science 122; Garrison-Morton-Norman 375; Grolier/Horblit 98; Grolier Medicine 18A; Heirs of Hippocrates 281; Norman 2137; PMM 71.
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