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The University of Sydney Library's first edition copy of De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Jan van Calcar1543
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
This is the University of Sydney Library's first edition copy of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem.
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: The University of Sydney Library's first edition copy of De Humani Corporis Fabrica
- Creator: Andreas Vesalius, Johannes Oporinus, Jan Stephan van Calcar
- 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 2023ac, 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
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, RB Folio 8243.1
- External Link: View the full digitised item
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