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The Museum Vrolikianum in Amsterdam was famous amongst scientists and medical men all over Europe in the nineteenth century. No visit to the city was complete without taking the opportunity to gaze in admiration at its five thousand specimens, ranging from curious stillbirths to human skeletons – healthy or diseased – and all kinds of exotic and not-so-exotic animals.
Recent scientific publications have brought this exceptional collection back into the limelight. With its wonderful photographs by Hans van den Bogaard, this book is certain to extend that renewed interest to an even wider audience. Forces of Form provides a beautifully illustrated overview of Amsterdam’s great tradition of anatomical collecting, homes in on the Vrolik Museum’s long history and reveals the collection’s huge scientific and cultural value. After all, a collection like this deserves to be seen.
About the Authors:
Laurens de Rooy is a medical history researcher and curator of the Vrolik Museum, housed at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.
Hans van den Bogaard is a freelance photographer.
Title: Forces of Form: The Vrolik Museum
Publisher: Vossiuspers UvA
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good
Seller: MusicMagpie, Stockport, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. 1758817507. 9/25/2025 4:25:07 PM. Seller Inventory # U9789056297244
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 143 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographic references. Subjects: Vrolik, Gerardus 1775-1859; Academisch Medisch Centrum (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Museum Vrolikianum; Catalogs; Museum Vrolik History; Universiteit van Amsterdam. Museum Vrolik; Vrolik Museum (Universiteit van Amsterdam); Medical museums; Pathological museums; Abnormalities, Human History; Anatomical specimens History; Anatomy; Anatomical museums Netherlands Amsterdam; Human body. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 391587
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