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CASSEBOHM, Johann Friedrich (1699?-1743). Tractatus quatuor anatomici de aure humana, tribus figurarum tabulis illustrati. [Vol. II Tractatus quintus anatomicus de aure humana, cui accedit tractatus sextus anatomicus de aure monstri humani]. Halle: Orphanotrophei, 1734-35.
2 parts in one volume. 4o (214 x 165 mm). 6 engraved folding plates (some browning throughout.) Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered (covers slightly bowing). Provenance: Joseph M. Zarini of Prato (18th-century bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Cassebohm's contribution to the studies of the anatomy of the ear, especially of the embryonic ear. The sixth tract describes a malformed ear of a six-month fetus. Garrison-Morton 1547 and 469.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 848; Waller 1805; Wellcome II, p.309; Norman 409.
2 parts in one volume. 4o (214 x 165 mm). 6 engraved folding plates (some browning throughout.) Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered (covers slightly bowing). Provenance: Joseph M. Zarini of Prato (18th-century bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Cassebohm's contribution to the studies of the anatomy of the ear, especially of the embryonic ear. The sixth tract describes a malformed ear of a six-month fetus. Garrison-Morton 1547 and 469.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 848; Waller 1805; Wellcome II, p.309; Norman 409.