Full Description
This definitive edition combines the best plates and text from the great anatomist's Renaissance treasures, including Tabulae Sex, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, and the Epitome. Reproduced from a rare edition, these 96 plates recapture the vitality of the originals. Includes a discussion of the illustrations, a biographical sketch of Vesalius, annotations, and translations.
Contents
List of Plates
Introduction
PLATES. The Title Pages of the Primary Editions of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Letter to Johannes Oporinus
THE PLATES from the De Humani Corporis Fabrica
First Book
Second Book
Third Book
Fourth Book
Fifth Book
Sixth Book
Seventh Book
THE PLATES from the Epitome of th eDe Humani Corporis Fabrica
"The Venesection Letter of 1539, PLATE"
THE PLATES from the Tabulae Sex
PLATES showing evolution of the title page of the first edition of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica
