De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant wo
Title page. Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris, de Humani corporis fabrica Libri septem (Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, professor at the school of medicine at Padua, On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books).
The Fabrica is known for its highly detailed illustrations of human dissections, often in allegorical poses.
Image from Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica (1543), page 163.
Image from De humani corporis fabrica (1543), page 372.
Andreas Vesalius
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Andries van Wezel, Latinized as Andreas Vesalius, was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem, which is considered one of the most influential books on human anato
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem
…De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (Latin, "On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant work of Galen, and presented itself as such…
Portrait by Jan van Calcar
The skeleton of Jakob Karrer, articulated by Vesalius in 1543
The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, who was an important patron of Vesalius
A portrait of Vesalius from his De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543)