First Anatomical Book Printed in Finland Osteologia, seu dissertatio medica, de ossibus humanis quam consensu amplissimae facultatis medicae, in florentissima Academia Aboensi, praeside Elia Til-Landz, med: doct: & profess: ord: praeceptore ut industrio ita fidelissimo, publico examini modestè subjicit Henricus Hasselqwist, med. stud. In auditorio maximo ad diem 29 Octobris, anni christiani [MD]CXCII Quarto: Title, [3] leaves, 87 pages, with 14 woodcuts. Elias Tillandz (1640–1693; born Tillander) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist who worked in Finland. He was the professor of medicine at the Academy of Turku. He wrote the country's first botanical work, the Catalogus Plantarum, which was first published in 1673. As a doctor he also prepared medicines for his patients by using his extensive knowledge of plants. According to legend, Tillandz (Till lands means by land in Swedish) changed his name from Tillander to Tillandz when, as a student, he travelled by boat from Turku to Stockholm Bibliothoea Walleriana 9593 under Tillandz with see reference from Hasselquist. Later red quarter leather on marbled boards is in good condition. Text has offsetting and moderate foxing for age, Title and final text page the worst. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell. (181x142mm)