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Muscle man nona (nine) from 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'
Jan van Calcar1543
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
Muscle man nona (nine) from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), with annotations from German physician Caspar Neefe, the first owner of this copy of the book.
The Fabrica is considered one of the most important medical books ever published, and changed the way that anatomy was understood and taught.
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- Title: Muscle man nona (nine) from 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'
- Creator: Andreas Vesalius, Johannes Oporinus, Jan Stephan van Calcar, Caspar Neefe
- Date Created: 1543
- Location Created: Basel, Switzerland
- Original Language: Latin
- Provenance: Fisher Library Rare Books and Special Collections copy acquired in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the opening of Fisher Library, through the generous support of the Margaret Lundie Fund and the B & A Osborn Book Fund in 2023, First owner was German physician Caspar Neefe (1514-79), who later served as personal physician to Duke Albert I of Saxony, and with his handwritten annotations throughout. Previously in a Tyrolean private medical collection
- Subject Keywords: Science, Anatomy
- Type: Printed book
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, RB Folio 8243.1
- External Link: View this page in the digitised version, View the full digitised item
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