IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS BY ANDREAS VESALIUS

In 1973, Sandra purchased four anatomical woodcuts from a dealer in London. These had been removed from anearly edition of Vesalius s de Humani Corporis Fabrica. This led to learning more about this early sixteen centuryanatomist. After emigrating to the USA as a Professor of Surgery, the collection of early anatomical books beganwith purchases from auction houses and well-established rare book dealers in the USA, Europe and the UnitedKingdom. This monograph is part of a much larger collection of Joffe s medical and particularly illustratedanatomical books from the 15th to 18th century.