[18TH CENTURY]. PASCOLI, Alessandro (1669-1757). Il Corpo-umano. Venice: Andrea Poletti, 1727. 4o (226 x 175 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Allegorial frontispiece, engraved portrait, and 20 engraved plates (some occasional spotting). Contemporary vellum (some wear, ink notation on front cover); slipcase. Provenance: early ownership signature on front free endpaper; Dennis Bernardini (bookplate). Second edition. NLM/Blake 339; Waller 7217. -- HEISTER, Lorenz (1683-1757). L'anatomie d'Heister avec essais de physique, sur l'usage des parties du corps humain, & sur le Méchanismè de leurs mouvemens. Paris: Jacques Vincent, 1735. 8o (197 x 120 mm). 14 folding engraved plates (some occasional spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original spine, repaired at corners). Provenance: A. Bernardes de Oliveira (bookplate). Second edition. -- SANTUCCI, Bernardo (1701-1764). Anatomia do Corpo Humano. Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1739. 4o (198 x 145 mm). 18 engraved plates (plates I and XIV trimmed at margins). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (some wear at joints and extremities). FIRST EDITION. First and only edition of the first substantial illustrated anatomy published in Portuguese. Santucci was an Italian, physician to several royal personages of Europe, and professor of anatomy at Lisbon. See Prof. E. E. Franco, Un Anatomico Italiano, Professore a Lisbona nel Secolo xviii, Bernardo Santucci da Cortona (1701-1764). Bio-Bibliografia Documentata e Illustrata da Figure (Arezzo, 1925). NLM/Blake 401. (3)

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[18TH CENTURY]. PASCOLI, Alessandro (1669-1757). Il Corpo-umano. Venice: Andrea Poletti, 1727. 4o (226 x 175 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Allegorial frontispiece, engraved portrait, and 20 engraved plates (some occasional spotting). Contemporary vellum (some wear, ink notation on front cover); slipcase. Provenance: early ownership signature on front free endpaper; Dennis Bernardini (bookplate). Second edition. NLM/Blake 339; Waller 7217. -- HEISTER, Lorenz (1683-1757). L'anatomie d'Heister avec essais de physique, sur l'usage des parties du corps humain, & sur le Méchanismè de leurs mouvemens. Paris: Jacques Vincent, 1735. 8o (197 x 120 mm). 14 folding engraved plates (some occasional spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original spine, repaired at corners). Provenance: A. Bernardes de Oliveira (bookplate). Second edition. -- SANTUCCI, Bernardo (1701-1764). Anatomia do Corpo Humano. Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1739. 4o (198 x 145 mm). 18 engraved plates (plates I and XIV trimmed at margins). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (some wear at joints and extremities). FIRST EDITION. First and only edition of the first substantial illustrated anatomy published in Portuguese. Santucci was an Italian, physician to several royal personages of Europe, and professor of anatomy at Lisbon. See Prof. E. E. Franco, Un Anatomico Italiano, Professore a Lisbona nel Secolo xviii, Bernardo Santucci da Cortona (1701-1764). Bio-Bibliografia Documentata e Illustrata da Figure (Arezzo, 1925). NLM/Blake 401. (3)

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