The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels Over ninety years after its

Over ninety years after its initial publication

definitions of mathematical terms

The most influential work of its kind ever written

from primitive rattles and bull-roarers to the electric organ

The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels Over ninety years after itsThe works of Andreas Vesalius (15141564) have long been regarded among the great treasures of the Renaissance. Published as medical books while he was teaching anatomy and dissection at the University of Padua, they include the Tabulae Sex (1538), intended as an aid to students; the magnificently illustrated De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543), and the companion volume, the Epitome (1543). Individually, these books are milestones in the history of