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CARCANO LEONE, Giovanni Battista (1536-1606). Anatomici Libri II. Pavia: Girolamo Bartoli, 1574.
Two parts in one volume, 8o (151 x 86 mm). Collation: A-E8 F4; A-E8 F4 X1. 89 leaves, foliated; errata on X1v. Woodcut printer's device on first title, numerous woodcut initials. Modern half speckled calf. Provenance: Wellcome Library (bookplate and withdrawal stamp on title verso).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of the first accurate description of the lacrimal duct, showing its true position in the eye and the route taken by the tears (Lib. II). "The first volume of Carcano's treatise deals with the source of the vessels in the fetus, and contains the first clear description of the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus since that of Galen" (Norman). BM/STC Italian p. 149; Garrison-Morton 1479; Norman 398.
Two parts in one volume, 8
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of the first accurate description of the lacrimal duct, showing its true position in the eye and the route taken by the tears (Lib. II). "The first volume of Carcano's treatise deals with the source of the vessels in the fetus, and contains the first clear description of the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus since that of Galen" (Norman). BM/STC Italian p. 149; Garrison-Morton 1479; Norman 398.