The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius (Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science)
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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 books 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.
