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VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-64). Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica. Edited by Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738) and Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770). Engraved plates by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759). Leiden: Johannes du Vivie, Johannes and Herman Verbeek, 1725.
2 volumes, large 2o (485 x 290mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page vignettes, 80 engraved plates, smaller engraved and woodcut illustrations in the text of vol. 1, woodcut tailpieces and ornamental initials, title pages printed in red and black. (Frontispiece creased, title page to vol. 2 with neat repair above vignette, sheet 5C2.3 (pp. 711/12-713/14) bound in reverse order, pl. 76a present in duplicate, occasional foxing, light stain to p. 338 and facing plate.) Blind-panelled sprinkled calf antique, gilt spines, red lettering-pieces, by C. Allan Carpenter, Jr., edges uncut. Provenance: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (bookplates stamped withdrawn).
ONLY COLLECTED EDITION OF VESALIUS' WORKS. Boerhaave, an extremely influential teacher of medicine in 18th-century Leiden, was also interested in the synthesis of older and newer theories of medicine. In an effort to reconcile recent medical discoveries with those of previous centuries, he prepared new editions of a number of classic medical texts. Among these were the works of Vesalius, on which he worked in collaboration with his younger colleague, the anatomist Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. This collected edition includes, in Volume I, De humani corporis fabrica, and in Volume II, the Epitome, the China-root Letter, Vesalius' response to the Anatomical Observations of Gabriele Falloppio, and the Chirurgia magna attributed to the great anatomist. The care with which Vesalius' illustrations were reproduced indicates that they were regarded as still having scientific value almost two centuries after their first publication. Since the survival of the woodblocks was unknown to Boerhaave, the present edition is illustrated with engraved plates copied from the printed woodcuts by Jan Wandelaar, who was also responsible for the illustrations of Albinus' own anatomical atlases (Norman 28, 29).
This copy includes, mounted on an added blank leaf facing the frontispiece, a presentation inscription from Boerhaave removed from another, imperfect copy of this edition. The recipient, Nicholas Cruquius (1678-1754), was a Dutch surveyor, engineer, mathematician and astronomer who prepared plans and diagrams for Boerhaave. Cushing VI.D.-8; G.A. Lindeboom, Bibliographia Boerhaaviana (Leiden 1959) 554; Norman 2143. (2)
2 volumes, large 2
ONLY COLLECTED EDITION OF VESALIUS' WORKS. Boerhaave, an extremely influential teacher of medicine in 18th-century Leiden, was also interested in the synthesis of older and newer theories of medicine. In an effort to reconcile recent medical discoveries with those of previous centuries, he prepared new editions of a number of classic medical texts. Among these were the works of Vesalius, on which he worked in collaboration with his younger colleague, the anatomist Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. This collected edition includes, in Volume I, De humani corporis fabrica, and in Volume II, the Epitome, the China-root Letter, Vesalius' response to the Anatomical Observations of Gabriele Falloppio, and the Chirurgia magna attributed to the great anatomist. The care with which Vesalius' illustrations were reproduced indicates that they were regarded as still having scientific value almost two centuries after their first publication. Since the survival of the woodblocks was unknown to Boerhaave, the present edition is illustrated with engraved plates copied from the printed woodcuts by Jan Wandelaar, who was also responsible for the illustrations of Albinus' own anatomical atlases (Norman 28, 29).
This copy includes, mounted on an added blank leaf facing the frontispiece, a presentation inscription from Boerhaave removed from another, imperfect copy of this edition. The recipient, Nicholas Cruquius (1678-1754), was a Dutch surveyor, engineer, mathematician and astronomer who prepared plans and diagrams for Boerhaave. Cushing VI.D.-8; G.A. Lindeboom, Bibliographia Boerhaaviana (Leiden 1959) 554; Norman 2143. (2)