An anatomical dissection being carried out by Andreas Vesalius, attended by a large group of observers. Woodcut, 1543.

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June 1543]
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24285i
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The Epitome (Basel 1543) by Andreas Vesalius is a succinct version of his great work, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, published in the same year and by the same publisher, Oporinus. The title page to the De fabrica has been reused with a new title inserted in the cartouche suspended below Vesalius's coat of arms. The Epitome was printed on sheets of greater dimension than the De fabrica, and this has allowed space for the Address to the Readers to be printed below the woodcut illustration of a dissection carried out by Vesalius, around whom a crowd of onlookers closely gathers. In the Address, Vesalius offers a choice to the readers of starting either with the text of six chapters or with the figures.

Publication/Creation

Basel : [Johannes Oporinus], June 1543]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut ; platemark 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Lettering

Andreæ Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholæ medicorum Patavinæ professoris, suorum de Humani corporis fabrica librorum Epitome. ... In the right margin there is an inscription in brown ink dated 1611: "D: Johan Augustinus Corseliu[s]..."

Edition

1st edition.

References note

H. Cushing, A Bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, 2nd ed., New York 1962, pp. 109-113, no. VI.B.-I*
L. R. Lind, tr. and ed., The Epitome of Andreas Vesalius, New York 1949

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Wellcome Collection 24285i

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