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De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 (p.23b manikin)

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)1543

Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Library
Cambridge, United Kingdom

The publication of Vesalius’s Seven books on the fabric of the human body and its companion Epitome is a key moment in the revival of anatomical study. Vesalius used the work to promote the value of dissection, a skill he learned as a student and practised as a lecturer in surgery at the University of Padua.

The innovative detachable cut-out manikin in this copy of Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica has been extraordinarily well preserved.

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  • Title: De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 (p.23b manikin)
  • Creator: Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
  • Date Created: 1543, 1543
  • Location Created: Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland
  • Physical Dimensions: [27] pages : illustrations ; 57 cm (folio), [27] pages : illustrations ; 57 cm (folio)
  • Type: Book, Book
  • Rights: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library
  • Medium: Paper, hand coloured woodcuts, Paper, hand coloured woodcuts
  • View the fully digitised item in Cambridge Digital Library using this link: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-CCF-00046-00036/1, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-CCF-00046-00036/1
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