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GUIDI, Guido (1508-1569). De anatome corporis humani libri VII. Venice: Giunta, 1611.
2o (326 x 220 mm). s2 a6 A-Z 2A-2D6 2E4 2a4 2A-2I6 2K8. 240 leaves. Engraved title by Franco Vallegio and Catarin Doino, 79 engravings in text, woodcut illustrations in text. (Light browning.) Contemporary vellum, upper cover stamped with the initials "MPMD" and the date "1682" (covers bowing).
Provenance: Initials MPMD, 1682 (binding).
FIRST EDITION. Guidi, professor of philosophy and medicine at Pisa, discovered the Vidian nerve, the Vidian canal, and the Vidian artery. "Guidi presents himself in his Chirurgia of 1544 as a humanist anxious for the faithful restoration of classical knowledge. On the other hand, the Anatomia is the work of a scientist fully conscious of the Vesalian revolution and seeking inspiration from nature" (DSB). Unfortunatly the postumous edition edited by Guidi's nephew Guido Guidi Jr. is indifferently illustrated and has incorrect additions. This is the reason why Guidi was accused of plagiarizing from Vasalius and Falloppio.
Garrison-Morton 380; NLM/Krivatsy 5118; Waller 3816; Norman 955.
2o (326 x 220 mm). s2 a6 A-Z 2A-2D6 2E4 2a4 2A-2I6 2K8. 240 leaves. Engraved title by Franco Vallegio and Catarin Doino, 79 engravings in text, woodcut illustrations in text. (Light browning.) Contemporary vellum, upper cover stamped with the initials "MPMD" and the date "1682" (covers bowing).
Provenance: Initials MPMD, 1682 (binding).
FIRST EDITION. Guidi, professor of philosophy and medicine at Pisa, discovered the Vidian nerve, the Vidian canal, and the Vidian artery. "Guidi presents himself in his Chirurgia of 1544 as a humanist anxious for the faithful restoration of classical knowledge. On the other hand, the Anatomia is the work of a scientist fully conscious of the Vesalian revolution and seeking inspiration from nature" (DSB). Unfortunatly the postumous edition edited by Guidi's nephew Guido Guidi Jr. is indifferently illustrated and has incorrect additions. This is the reason why Guidi was accused of plagiarizing from Vasalius and Falloppio.
Garrison-Morton 380; NLM/Krivatsy 5118; Waller 3816; Norman 955.