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Picturing the book of nature : image, text, and argument in sixteenth-century human anatomy and medical botany / Sachiko Kusukawa.

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Because of their naturalistic pictures of plants and the human body, Leonhart Fuchs's 'De Historia Stirpium' and Andreas Vesalius's 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica' are landmark publications in the history of the printed book. Kusukawa examines these texts.

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Main Author: Kusukawa, Sachiko (Author)
Other title:Image, text, and argument in sixteenth-century human anatomy and medical botany.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Natural history illustration > Europe > History > 16th century.
Botanical illustration > Europe > History > 16th century.
Medical illustration > History > 16th century.
Illustrated books > Europe > History > 16th century.
Art and science > History > 16th century.
Art and science.
Botanical illustration.
Illustrated books.
Medical illustration.
Natural history illustration.
Europe.
History.

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Call Number: QH46.5 .K87 2012
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