Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 287

ANDREAS VESALIUS (1514-1564) Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica, cura Hermanni Boerhaave & Bernhardi Siegfried Albini. Apud Joannem du Vivie, et Joannem & Hermannem Verbeek 1725 Vol. I: [42] 572 pp.; Vol. II: [8] 577-1156 [52] pp., plates, port. 44.4 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 280

Edited by Hermann Boerhaave (see No. 739 ff.) and Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (see No. 829 ff.), this is the first collected edition of Vesalius' works. Although it is not complete, no expense was spared in producing the two-volume set, which contains superbly engraved copperplates by Jan Wandelaer (1690-1759). The editors, famous physicians in their own right, have done a magnificent job in clearly showing the astonishing achievements of Vesalius.

See Related Record(s): 739 829

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 183; Cushing V108; Cushing Vesalius VI.D.-8; Lindeboom 554; Osler 579; Waller 9917

Gift of John Martin, M.D.