Epitome - De Humani corporis fabrica librorum - Facsimile of 1543

Stuttgart: Edition Medicina Rara, 1970. Fascsimile, De Luxe edition with additional prints. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Medicina Rara Stuttgart, 1970. Edition originale. De Humani corporis fabrica librorum Epitome. Luxusausgabe. Von Andreas Vesalius. Stuttgart 1970. 20 x 14.5 inches (39 x 52 cm)
 
24 pages, printed on Fabiano Rug, half-leather binding with leather corners, extra suite of 4 sheets with woodcut illustrations in a folder, numbered in Roman numerals, limited (500 copies). At the age of 23, the author became a professor of surgery in Padua with an obligation to teach anatomy and created his anatomical life's work during this time. With the work »De humani corporis fabrica« (»On the structure of the human body«), published in 1543, he represented the attitude against the general belief that only the human corpse offers a reliable way of finding out about the body structure and in this context he prepared the mortal remains of a criminal, the so-called "Vesal's skeleton", which is still preserved in the anatomical collection in Basel. The author made history and brought medicine as a natural science from ancient and medieval teachings into modern times. - Language : Latin text Codice Libreria 010681 Sample LXVI di C Size: 390 x520 mm.