Contents | Vesalius

Comprehensive Table of Contents Including All Illustrations in Miniature and Subheadings

he Fabric of the Human Body offers a comprehensive Table of Contents including thumbnails of all illustrations listed for each chapter so that the reader has an im-
mediate overview of the topics raised by Vesalius. This tripartite Table of Contents features the paginations of the 1543 and 1555 editions as well as that of the New Fabrica. It has never been so easy to find your way in the Fabrica as with this Table of Contents freely provided by Karger Publishers to download and print.

: Book 1 (PDF 1258 KB)

: Book 3 (PDF 286 KB)

: Book 5 (PDF 414 KB)

: Book 7 (PDF 370 KB)

: Book 2 (PDF 570 KB)

: Book 4 (PDF 170 KB)

: Book 6 (PDF 221 KB)

If you quote the Table of Contents, please use the following citation:

Vesalius, A.: The Fabric of the Human Body: An Annotated Translation of the 1543 and 1555 Editions of De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem by D.H. Garrison and M.H. Hast. Basel, Karger, 2014.

How to use the Table of Contents

For the first time ever the reader is able to find detailed listings of topics on the level of subheadings. Working with the original Fabrica or even with a facsimile, navigation is a nightmare. Faced with false pagination, with no more than the book numbering displayed in the upper margins, one often wonders where one is. With the New Fabrica’s Table of Contents, it is now possible to find topics easily not only in the 1543 edition (right column black) but also in the 1555 edition (right column green) so that the reader immediately sees where Vesalius made changes between the two editions. The beginning of each chapter is marked by a white box which shows the chapter number and all illustrations to be found in the respective chapter in miniature format. This is followed by the chapter heading in green and all subheadings (Vesalius’ summaries from the margins). At the end of many of the chapters you find Appendices which list deviating text passages in the 1555 edition, so the reader can easily compare the two editions. Karger Publishers realized the great value that such a Table of Contents would have for many scholars who, while working with the original Fabrica, are looking for orientation and guidance through the difficult Latin.