Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the locations of the second edition (1555) of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica written by Vesalius.Contacts were made with institutions of higher learning, museum libraries, and libraries of national collections, libraries of research institutions, cathedral libraries, antique book dealers, trade journals, book auctions and private collectors.A total of 113 copies of the 1555 Fabrica were found in University and Institutional Libraries. Of them, 33 (29%) were in the United Kingdom; 35 (31%) in Europe and 45 (40%) in the USA. Location of the second edition Vesalius in private collections was more difficult to objectively determine and accounts for approximately 10% of the second Edition books in the census.
Highlights
The purpose of this study was to determine the locations of the second edition (1555) of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica written by Vesalius
Cushing included an incomplete list of holdings of all Vesalian works that he traced as part of this Bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, what he calls an "Index of Recorded Copies
[1] A later census of the 1543 edition, compiled by Horowitz and Collins and published in 1984, was created as a result of their research into variant variant copies of that edition[2] In 1994, Elly CockxIndestege published the results of her research into every copy of every pre-1800 edition of all Vesalius' works held in Belgian collections, including five copies of the 1555 edition [1]
Summary
In 1555, the Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius, together with his publisher, Johannes Oporinus of Basel, produced a second folio edition of this revolutionary work De Humani Corporis Fabrica.Cushing included an incomplete list of holdings of all Vesalian works that he traced as part of this Bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, what he calls an "Index of Recorded Copies [1] A later census of the 1543 edition, compiled by Horowitz and Collins and published in 1984, was created as a result of their research into variant variant copies of that edition[2] In 1994, Elly CockxIndestege published the results of her research into every copy of every pre-1800 edition of all Vesalius' works held in Belgian collections, including five copies of the 1555 edition [1].This report presents a list of copies of the second edition of (1555) De Humani Corporis written by Vesalius and their institutional locations 450 years since publication. In 1555, the Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius, together with his publisher, Johannes Oporinus of Basel, produced a second folio edition of this revolutionary work De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Cushing included an incomplete list of holdings of all Vesalian works that he traced as part of this Bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, what he calls an "Index of Recorded Copies [1] A later census of the 1543 edition, compiled by Horowitz and Collins and published in 1984, was created as a result of their research into variant variant copies of that edition[2] In 1994, Elly CockxIndestege published the results of her research into every copy of every pre-1800 edition of all Vesalius' works held in Belgian collections, including five copies of the 1555 edition [1]. This report presents a list of copies of the second edition of (1555) De Humani Corporis written by Vesalius and their institutional locations 450 years since publication
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