The __Fabrica__ of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions

Additional background information . This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book's vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 10 List of Illustrations......Page 13 1 Introduction......Page 22 1.1 Historical Background......Page 26 1.2 Research Methods for the Census......Page 29 1.3 Historiographical Intervention......Page 31 2.1 Historical Price Analysis......Page 34 2.2 Showcasing Ownership: Bindings......Page 38 2.3 Decoration and Function: Hand-Colored Copies......Page 41 3 Provenance......Page 51 3.1 The Physician’s Book: Ownership between 1550–1650......Page 53 3.2 The Jesuit Century: Ownership between 1650–1750......Page 58 3.3 The Years of Change: Ownership between 1750–1850......Page 61 3.4 Vesalius in America: Ownership between 1850–1950......Page 67 3.5 The Global Fabrica: Ownership since 1950......Page 72 4 Reading and Annotating the Fabrica: The Sporadic Reader......Page 77 4.1 The Typical Reader: A Case Study from Los Angeles......Page 79 4.2 The Average Reader: A Frequency Analysis......Page 82 4.3 Scribbling at the Front: Fashioning the Reader and the Author......Page 86 4.3.1 The Cult of Vesalius......Page 91 4.4 Image and Text: Learning to See......Page 99 4.4.1 Types of Annotation in Illustrations......Page 101 4.4.2 Choosing Where to Look......Page 107 4.4.3 From Image to Artist: The Woodcuts in the Modern Age......Page 112 4.5 Personal Experience and Bookish Learning......Page 116 4.5.2 The Trinity of Galen, Aristotle, Hippocrates......Page 121 4.5.3 The Survival of Galen into the Modern Age......Page 124 4.5.4 Reading Vesalius’ Contemporaries......Page 126 4.6 The Body in Parts: Generation and Control......Page 127 4.7 Creating Order: Corrections, Errata, and Search Techniques......Page 135 4.7.1 Navigating the Text......Page 138 5 Censorship: Controlling Reading......Page 142 5.1 Licensed Readers......Page 145 5.2 Soul and Sex......Page 147 6 Conclusion......Page 152 Guide to the Catalogue......Page 154 1543 Editions......Page 156 Austria......Page 158 Belgium......Page 159 Brazil......Page 161 Canada......Page 162 Czech Republic......Page 164 Denmark......Page 166 France......Page 167 Germany......Page 179 Hungary......Page 197 Ireland......Page 199 Israel......Page 201 Italy......Page 203 Japan......Page 216 Mexico......Page 218 The Netherlands......Page 219 Poland......Page 223 Portugal......Page 224 Romania......Page 227 Russia......Page 228 Slovakia......Page 229 Spain......Page 230 Sweden......Page 234 Switzerland......Page 237 United Kingdom......Page 242 United States......Page 260 1555 Editions......Page 300 Austria......Page 302 Belgium......Page 305 Canada......Page 309 Denmark......Page 311 France......Page 312 Germany......Page 328 Hungary......Page 352 Ireland......Page 354 Israel......Page 355 Italy......Page 356 Japan......Page 367 The Netherlands......Page 368 Norway......Page 374 Poland......Page 376 Romania......Page 386 Russia......Page 387 Slovenia......Page 389 Spain......Page 390 Sweden......Page 397 Switzerland......Page 402 Ukraine......Page 407 United Kingdom......Page 408 United States......Page 431 Copies Sold at Auctions......Page 474 1543 Editions......Page 476 1555 Editions......Page 483 Private Copies......Page 490 1543 Editions......Page 492 1555 Edition......Page 495 Appendix......Page 512 Bibliography......Page 513 General Index......Page 522 Index of Owners......Page 526 Index of Places of Ownership......Page 535 Winner of the Third Neu-Whitrow Prize (2021) granted by the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of IUHPS-DHST Additional background information This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius'De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book's vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century. "This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius' 'De humani corporis fabrica'. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. This book sheds a fresh light on the book's vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century."-- Back cover The current work provides bibliographic information, a worldwide census, ownership records, and a description of the annotations in all the copies of Vesalius' Fabrica. It reconstructs the travels of the Fabrica across the globe since 1543 and its annotated readership.-- Provided by Publisher