Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica, printed in Basel in 1543 by Oporinus, is a landmark anatomy textbook for medical students and physicians of the Renaissance. Its woodcut plates show the skull base, brain, abdominal organs and dissected arm with close, labelled detail, offering a designer clear models of engraved line work, lettered diagram keys and precise scientific structure.
