John Case - Compendium anatomicum nova methodo institutum - 1696






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Compendium anatomicum nova methodo institutum di John Case, prima edizione 1696 in latino, 192 pagine, 135 × 75 mm, rilegatura in pelle intera con decorazione in oro, in ottime condizioni, sette tavole, manca la pagina del frontespizio inciso, firma di proprietà Dr. Menard 1700.
Descrizione del venditore
Una splendida copia di questa rara prima edizione.
Nessun'altra copia in vendita al momento e nessuna vendita all'asta dal 1984.
Legatura interamente in pelle contemporanea con decorazioni in oro e etichetta sulla costa. Legatura attraente. Qualche abrasione, ma nel complesso in ottime condizioni.
Le pagine e le tavole sono in condizioni eccellenti, buone e pulite. Il frontespizio (stampato in rosso e nero con una vignetta) presenta una firma di possesso a nome del dottor Menard datata 1700. Sono presenti poche marginalie inchiostrate, eseguite dalla stessa mano, sparse per tutto il libro. Testo in latino.
Dispiace, manca la pagina del frontespizio incisa aggiuntiva (frontispizio)*. Ma sono presenti tutte e sette le tavole come richiesto.
John Case (c. 1660–1700) era un astrologo inglese e un medico ciarlatano.
Citazione: “Although there is no evidence that Case ever acquired a medical qualification, he nonetheless took up the title of Doctor and set up a practice in Ludgate selling medications to the unsuspecting, unquestioning public. The term quack in the Middle Ages meant \"shouting\", as these charlatans used to sell their wares at markets by shouting to gain attention. Case advertised profusely his remedies over decades and the elevated price of his elixirs and remedies hints at a steady and affluent clientele, many of whom were seeking a cure for the clap[venereal disease]. Despite predicting the end of the world, owning an illusionist apparatus to scare people with images of their departed friends and selling unproven medicines, he rose briefly to fame thanks to his Compendium Anatomicum. Here Case defended the opinion of William Harvey's 1651 De Generatione Animalium (On the generation of animals), where the renowned physician and scientist established several theories that would set the stage for modern embryology and addressed many embryological issues including conception, embryogenesis, and spontaneous generation. Case's work was so superior to his other books that some doubted his authorship." (from Gonville & Caius, Cambs. Online archive).
*There seems some confusion about collation, and the lack of the engraved title seems common. The Wellcome Foundation copy also lacks this. As do several old auction offerings (eg. Sothebys 1984). However other copies offered at auction have had this engraved title. [Wellcome II, 308; Russell 121 appears to include the frontispiece in the number of plates given]
[XII], 192, [ii]. pages.
Il venditore si racconta
Una splendida copia di questa rara prima edizione.
Nessun'altra copia in vendita al momento e nessuna vendita all'asta dal 1984.
Legatura interamente in pelle contemporanea con decorazioni in oro e etichetta sulla costa. Legatura attraente. Qualche abrasione, ma nel complesso in ottime condizioni.
Le pagine e le tavole sono in condizioni eccellenti, buone e pulite. Il frontespizio (stampato in rosso e nero con una vignetta) presenta una firma di possesso a nome del dottor Menard datata 1700. Sono presenti poche marginalie inchiostrate, eseguite dalla stessa mano, sparse per tutto il libro. Testo in latino.
Dispiace, manca la pagina del frontespizio incisa aggiuntiva (frontispizio)*. Ma sono presenti tutte e sette le tavole come richiesto.
John Case (c. 1660–1700) era un astrologo inglese e un medico ciarlatano.
Citazione: “Although there is no evidence that Case ever acquired a medical qualification, he nonetheless took up the title of Doctor and set up a practice in Ludgate selling medications to the unsuspecting, unquestioning public. The term quack in the Middle Ages meant \"shouting\", as these charlatans used to sell their wares at markets by shouting to gain attention. Case advertised profusely his remedies over decades and the elevated price of his elixirs and remedies hints at a steady and affluent clientele, many of whom were seeking a cure for the clap[venereal disease]. Despite predicting the end of the world, owning an illusionist apparatus to scare people with images of their departed friends and selling unproven medicines, he rose briefly to fame thanks to his Compendium Anatomicum. Here Case defended the opinion of William Harvey's 1651 De Generatione Animalium (On the generation of animals), where the renowned physician and scientist established several theories that would set the stage for modern embryology and addressed many embryological issues including conception, embryogenesis, and spontaneous generation. Case's work was so superior to his other books that some doubted his authorship." (from Gonville & Caius, Cambs. Online archive).
*There seems some confusion about collation, and the lack of the engraved title seems common. The Wellcome Foundation copy also lacks this. As do several old auction offerings (eg. Sothebys 1984). However other copies offered at auction have had this engraved title. [Wellcome II, 308; Russell 121 appears to include the frontispiece in the number of plates given]
[XII], 192, [ii]. pages.
