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BROWNE, John (1642-1700). A Compleat Treatise of the Muscles, As they appear in Humane Body, And arise in Dissection; With Diverse Anatomical Observations Not yet Discovered. [London:] In the Savoy, Printed by Thomas Newcombe, 1681. 2° (323 x 202mm.). 36 engraved plates only (of 37) (Lacks portrait and plate XII, plates One, IV and V torn without loss, some light marginal browning, occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf. (Worn, covers detached). Provenance: University of Edinburgh Anatomical Library, Cunningham Bequest (bookplate, with Cunningham Bequest scored through). FIRST EDITION. Krivatsy 1820; cf. Lowndes 290; Russell 101; Wing B5126.
"The description of the muscles is based on William Molins' Myskotomia, and the plates on Guilio Casserio's Tabula anatomicae" (Krivatsy). John Browne was widely criticised for plagiarism and error, most notably in James Young's Medicaster medicatus (London, 1685), which is, according to K. F. Russell, the bibliographer, "... the most searching criticism of an author I have ever read; it makes delightful reading."
"The description of the muscles is based on William Molins' Myskotomia, and the plates on Guilio Casserio's Tabula anatomicae" (Krivatsy). John Browne was widely criticised for plagiarism and error, most notably in James Young's Medicaster medicatus (London, 1685), which is, according to K. F. Russell, the bibliographer, "... the most searching criticism of an author I have ever read; it makes delightful reading."
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