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Philadelphia’s College of Physicians is home to tens of thousands of books on medicine spanning centuries of health and science. This week, the group will bring out one of its most prized volumes, a ...

In 2007 a retired Canadian doctor paid €13,200 (US$14,256) for a well-used second edition of Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica (1555), one of the most influential books in history. Only 150 ...

A rare second edition of a classic textbook on the human form by the Renaissance anatomist Andreas Vesalius recently soared past its $1.2 million high estimate to sell for $2.2 million in an online ...