Vesalius Census Draft

We are in the process of establishing a full, worldwide census for all copies of Vesalius’ Fabrica (1543 and 1555 editions). We would be very thankful for your assistance in gathering bibliographic information about the copy in your collection. Please provide as much information as you can. If you have any questions, please contact us margocsy@gmail.com. Thank you very much.

1. Holding Collection

2. Contact Name

3. Contact Email

4. Call Number / Signature

5. Edition

15431555

6. Please list all known previous owners, with dates of ownership:

7. When did the volume enter your collection?

8. What possessor’s notes, ex-libris, library stamps, and other signs of ownership are present in the book itself?

9. Can you upload photographs of these marks of ownership?

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You can select multiple files to upload. Please note that we will use the images for research purposes only, and that they do not need to be high resolution. If you prefer to consult us first, and to arrange alternative methods of delivery, please contact us at margocsy@gmail.com. Please let us know if there are any fees associated with reproductions.

10. Are there any handwritten texts, annotations, marginal notes and/or underlinings present?

Please include annotations in the flyleaves, the title page, the main body of the text, and the index.

11. What pages have annotations?

12. Can you upload photographs of the pages with annotations?

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You can select multiple files to upload. Please note that we will use the images for research purposes only, and that they do not need to be high resolution. If you prefer to consult us first, and to arrange alternative methods of delivery, please contact us at margocsy@gmail.com. Please let us know if there are any fees associated with reproductions.

13. If you cannot supply photos of the annotations, please describe the annotations as much as you can. If they are heavy, please let us know.

14. Are there any marks of censorship?

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15. Can you send us photographs of these censored pages?

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You can select multiple files to upload. Please note that we will use the images for research purposes only, and that they do not need to be high resolution. If you prefer to consult us first, and to arrange alternative methods of delivery, please contact us at margocsy@gmail.com. Please let us know if there are any fees associated with reproductions.

16. Are any pages missing or misbound?

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17. Are there any signs of tearing, foxing, worming?

18. Has the volume been restored?

19. What material is the volume bound in?

pigskin, vellum, wood, etc.

20. Are there any decorative elements or clasps present on the binding?

21. Can you date the binding, with some approximation?

22. Has the binding been restored?

23. Is your copy mentioned in any publications? Please provide any references that you know of.

If the item is in a local publication we would be very grateful for a copy.

24. Are the two oversize bifolium inserts of the vascular and the nervous system present (marked m3 and p4 in the 1543 edition)?

25. At what location are the two bifolium inserts bound?

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26. Are the bifolium inserts bound vertically (portrait orientation) or horizontally (landscape orientation)?

27. Are the bifolium inserts folded, if so, in which direction?

28. Is the unpaginated, m3 sheet ('Charta parvas aliquot figuras complectens') present either before or after the bifolium insert of the vascular system, or elsewhere?

29. At the end of the volume, are the colophon and the printer’s mark present?

FOR 1543 EDITION ONLY

30. Can you upload a photo of leaf *5r (part of the front material, first page of Letter to Oporinus, starting Ioanni Oporino Graecarum Literarum apud Basilienses Professori), to help identify if this is a variant copy?

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You can select multiple files to upload. Please note that we will use the images for research purposes only, and that they do not need to be high resolution. If you prefer to consult us first, and to arrange alternative methods of delivery, please contact us at margocsy@gmail.com. Please let us know if there are any fees associated with reproductions.

FOR 1555 EDITION ONLY

31. Can you upload a photo of p. 560 (Fig. 5 of Book V), which differs in some copies?

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You can select multiple files to upload. Please note that we will use the images for research purposes only, and that they do not need to be high resolution. If you prefer to consult us first, and to arrange alternative methods of delivery, please contact us at margocsy@gmail.com. Please let us know if there are any fees associated with reproductions.

32. Do you know of any additional copies of the Fabrica in your library or elsewhere, which we may have missed?

Thank you very much for your participation in this worldwide survey of extant copies of Vesalius' Fabrica. We will acknowledge your help in the publications that result from this research, and will send you a copy of our articles. If you have any questions, please contact us (Daniel Margocsy & Mark Somos) at margocsy@gmail.com.

VESALIUS CENSUS