Gualtero Needham - Disquisitio anatomica de formato foetu - 1667
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Gualtero Needham’s Disquisitio anatomica de formato foetu, an original Latin first edition (1667) in full parchment binding with minor defects, 234 pages, 13 cm by 8 cm, illustrated edition with seven folded copper plates, published by Apud Petrum Le Grand, on the medical subject of Medicina.
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Full parchment binding, soft and worn, with light defects to the headcaps and corners. Gold ornament on the front board. On the back: two raised bands, title and author written in an antique hand, gold ornament, and a label from an ancient library. Red speckled edges.
1 blank leaf, [17] of which 7 plates, 234, 2 blank leaves
FIRST EDITION of this foundational work on the chemical development of embryos. Needham's work (1631-1691) is the “first book to report chemical experiments on the developing mammalian embryo, and the first to provide practical instructions on embryo dissection” (Garrison-Morton). Needham also provided the first description of solid bodies in amniotic fluid. Garrison-Morton 467.2; Norman 1579.
Frontispiece vignette (with a central faded stain). Manuscript note in an antique hand on the first blank leaf and other marginal notes throughout the volume. Some decorative drop caps. Seven fine copper-engraved plates, folded, inserted out of text, repeated several times. Ex libris mounted on the flyleaf. A copy still clean, complete, and highly usable.
Full parchment binding, soft and worn, with light defects to the headcaps and corners. Gold ornament on the front board. On the back: two raised bands, title and author written in an antique hand, gold ornament, and a label from an ancient library. Red speckled edges.
1 blank leaf, [17] of which 7 plates, 234, 2 blank leaves
FIRST EDITION of this foundational work on the chemical development of embryos. Needham's work (1631-1691) is the “first book to report chemical experiments on the developing mammalian embryo, and the first to provide practical instructions on embryo dissection” (Garrison-Morton). Needham also provided the first description of solid bodies in amniotic fluid. Garrison-Morton 467.2; Norman 1579.
Frontispiece vignette (with a central faded stain). Manuscript note in an antique hand on the first blank leaf and other marginal notes throughout the volume. Some decorative drop caps. Seven fine copper-engraved plates, folded, inserted out of text, repeated several times. Ex libris mounted on the flyleaf. A copy still clean, complete, and highly usable.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Medicine
Book title
Disquisitio anatomica de formato foetu
Author/ Illustrator
Gualtero Needham
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1667
Height
13 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
8 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Apud Petrum Le Grand
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Extras
Fold out maps or plates, Tipped in plates
Number of pages
234
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