IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS BY ANDREAS VESALIUS

About the Book

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

About the Author

Rupert Neelands was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1948. He became interested in rare books while a postgraduate student in English at Queen Mary, University of London, undertaking part time hours in a Hampstead bookshop. After spending two years working as an English teacher in Portugal, he joined the Book and Manuscript Department at Christie’s South Kensington in 1983, intending to stay no more than six months. However, the book field proved such a fascinating one that he continued at Christie’s until 2016, becoming Head of Department at South Kensington, then King Street auctioneer and director. He is now happilly ‘retired’. Stephen N. Joffe, BSc, MBBCh, MD, FACS, FCS(SA), FSA(Scot), FACG, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg) Stephen is an Esteemed Professor of Surgery at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, a position he has held since 1990. Previously from 1980 he was a full-time Professor of Surgery and Medicine and Divisional Director of Gastro-Intestinal and Endocrine Surgery. Stephen has held faculty appointments at the Universities of London and Glasgow and holds fellowships of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow and the South African College of Surgeons. He is a member or fellow, past, and current of over 80 societies, has published nearly 200 articles in peer reviewed and scientific journals, and 42 chapters for books, author and/or editor of nine books on lasers and their application to medicine and surgery including two books on the anatomist, Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and a book on miniature books. He has a rare book collection of early anatomists. Stephen was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of LCA-Vision, Inc. Nasdaq:LCAV. He was also the found of the Company’s corporate predecessor, Laser Centers of America, Inc. and served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and founder and Chairman of SLT(Japan) Co.,Ltd. He was a Visiting Professor in History of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles (2018-2023) and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Joffe Foundation, a non-profit charity and was Co-Chairman of Joffe MediCenter, LLC, a healthcare services company, a past Board member of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In 1973, Sandra purchased four anatomical woodcuts