Publications Forthcoming Titles
On the Fabric of the Human Body.
A translation of De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem.
Andreas Vesalius
Translated by William Frank Richardson, M.A., Ph.D.,
in collaboration with John Burd Carman, B. Med. Sc., M.B.Ch.B., D. Phil.
Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica is one of the most famous books in the history of medicine and science. We are publishing the first complete translation into English.
The remaining volume to be published is:
- Volume V: Book VI: The Heart and Associated Organs; Book VII: The Brain (Publication date: October or November 2008.) $275.00
The volumes we have published are:
- Vol. I: Book I: The Bones and Cartilages, the first of the seven books into which Vesalius’s encyclopedic work is divided, is the initial installment of a project to publish a complete English translation of the Fabrica. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. II: Book II: The Bones and Ligaments has also been translated in its entirety. This section of the Fabrica, made up of sixty-two chapters, contains the series of dissected musclemen that remain the most famous anatomical illustrations of all time. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. III: Book III: The Veins and Arteries; Book IV: The Nerves, contains a total of thirty-two chapters. Each book has a large, 18 x 12-inch, fold-out diagram detailing the veins and arteries and the nerves. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. IV: Book V, The Organs of Nutrition and Generation, contains 19 chapters illustrated with 31 woodcuts reproduced at or near original size. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition. The last chapter contains Vesalius’s instructions for performing an abdominal dissection. Learn more or Buy Now.
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