Álvarez San Martín Raúl & Ramírez de Aguilar Frías Jimena

De humani corporis fabrica libri septem is a book written by the Flemish Renaissance physician and anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), who was a professor of anatomy at the University of Padua and physician to the court of Emperor Charles V. It is in this book that for the very first time in detail, a learned academic lesson on the anatomy of the human body can be observed, in a compendium of seven books, based on direct dissections of the corpse, created and documented by a young professor (Vesalius at the age of 28) for his Medicine students. This work was printed in ciceronian latin and published in Basel in 1543 in the workshop of the humanist, linguist, and printer Johannes Oporinus (1507- 1568), and illustrated by artists from the Titian workshop such as Jan Stephan van Calcar (1499-1546). Nowadays considered a literary, scientific and artistic jewel, Vesalius ́fabrica of 1543 was a milestone in the history of medicine and is considered the foundation work of modern anatomy atlases, and basis for the teaching method of the discipline in medical careers worldwide. This original Mexican volume, is now considered part of UNESCO World Heritage and is the first book of its kind in America since the 16th century. It is part of the old and rare book collection of the Palafoxiana Library in the city of Puebla in Mexico. In this article, its characteristics are described and for the first time, documented in detail from its original source.

KEY WORDS: Vesalius; Oporinus; fabrica; Anatomy; Book; Palafoxiana.

ÁLVAREZ SAN MARTÍN, R. & RAMÍREZ DE AGUILAR FRÍAS, J. De humani corporis fabrica, Libri septem (Andreas Vesalius, 1543) in Mexico: Bibliologic study of the first volume in America. Int. J. Morphol., 42(4):936-944, 2024.