Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, Invictissimi Caroli V. Imperatoris medici, de Humani corporis fabrica Libri septem.
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Vesalius's preface is addressed to the emperor Charles V.
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We do not know who cut the original wood-blocks (Jan Stephen van Calcar, Sansovino or Titian have all at various times been suggested). They were re-used, with some recutting, in this 1555 edition.
A piratical copy of the Fabrica (incorporating some text and illustration from the Epitome) was issued in London in 1545 (T. Geminus, Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio), and an English translation in 1553 - both with good copper-plate copies of the original woodcuts.
The 1555 Fabrica is the oldest work on anatomy in the Royal Academy's Library, and was among the first which the Academy acquired.
Two preparatory drawings for the work are thought to have survived - one at Stockholm and one at Glasgow University.
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Treatises - Switzerland - 16th century
Pictorial works - Woodcuts - Switzerland - 16th century
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Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, dedicatee
Francis Cotes RA, previous owner, donor
Jan Steven van Calcar, draughtsman
Images from this book
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
Portrait of Andreas Vesalius, 1555
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
The Thirteenth Muscle Figure, 1555
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
The Twelfth Muscle Figure, 1555
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
The Ninth Muscle Figure, 1555
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
The Fourth Muscle Figure, 1555
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After Unidentified Venetian artist and Circle of Titian and Formerly attributed to Jan Steven van Calcar
The Third Skeletal Figure, 1555
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