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HIGHMORE, Nathaniel (1613-1685). Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica; in qua sanguinis circulationem in quavis corporis particula plurimis typis novis... prosequutus est. The Hague: Samuel Brown, 1651.
2o (295 x 188 mm). Engraved frontispiece, typographic explanation of engraved title on verso and typographic title printed in red and black, 18 numbered anatomical engravings of which 8 full-page (engraving 12 is an inserted plate), 2 small unnumbered engravings, woodcut head-piece and initials. (Some short internal splits on title, one with old paper backing, π2 short and possibly supplied, last two leaves with repaired losses at edges, with loss of text along margins, some pale dampstaining at end.) 18th-century boards, arms of the Imperial German "Academia Naturae Curiosorum" on upper cover (rebacked with vellum); cloth folding case. Provenance: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften ("Academia Naturae Curiosorum"), Schweinfurt, founded 1652 (binding, inscription dated 1732 on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION of the first English anatomy to accept William Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood. The work is dedicated to Harvey, with whom Highmore had worked at Oxford on experiments concerning the embryonic development of the chick. The engraved title represents an allegory of the body as a well-watered garden. "Although Highmore's physiology reflects the still medieval thinking of his time, the book was accepted as a standard anatomical textbook for many years and brought the author immediate recognition in England and abroad" (DSB). Garrison-Morton 382; Heirs of Hippocrates 499; NLM/Krivatsy 5602; Norman 1071; Russell 416; Waller 4456; Wellcome III, p. 263.
2o (295 x 188 mm). Engraved frontispiece, typographic explanation of engraved title on verso and typographic title printed in red and black, 18 numbered anatomical engravings of which 8 full-page (engraving 12 is an inserted plate), 2 small unnumbered engravings, woodcut head-piece and initials. (Some short internal splits on title, one with old paper backing, π2 short and possibly supplied, last two leaves with repaired losses at edges, with loss of text along margins, some pale dampstaining at end.) 18th-century boards, arms of the Imperial German "Academia Naturae Curiosorum" on upper cover (rebacked with vellum); cloth folding case. Provenance: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften ("Academia Naturae Curiosorum"), Schweinfurt, founded 1652 (binding, inscription dated 1732 on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION of the first English anatomy to accept William Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood. The work is dedicated to Harvey, with whom Highmore had worked at Oxford on experiments concerning the embryonic development of the chick. The engraved title represents an allegory of the body as a well-watered garden. "Although Highmore's physiology reflects the still medieval thinking of his time, the book was accepted as a standard anatomical textbook for many years and brought the author immediate recognition in England and abroad" (DSB). Garrison-Morton 382; Heirs of Hippocrates 499; NLM/Krivatsy 5602; Norman 1071; Russell 416; Waller 4456; Wellcome III, p. 263.