BAGLIVI, Giorgio (1668-1707). De fibra motrice, et morbosa ... Epistola ad Alexandrum Pascoli. Perugia: Constantino, 1700. 4o (207 x 155 mm). Later boards. FIRST EDITION. Baglivi was the first to distinguish between smooth and striated muscle. Heirs of Hippocrates 737; NLM/Krivatsy 576; Wellcome II, p. 84; Norman 104. -- De praxi medica... accedunt dissertationes novae. Rome: Domenico Antonio Hercules, 1696. 8o (160 x 105 mm). Engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered. Provenance: Matthew Regal (gift inscription from Martin Giovanelli in a contemporary hand on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Baglivi is calling for a return to the Hippocratic principle of sound clinical observation. Heirs of Hippocrates 736; NLM/Krivatsy 577; Norman 103. -- Opera omnia medico-practica et anatomica. Lyons: Anisson and Jean Posuel, 1704. 4o (224 x 171 mm). Engraved portrait and one engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered. Provenance: Charles Lucas, M.D. (bookplate). First collected edition. Garrison-Morton 68; Heirs of Hippocrates 738; Norman 105. -- Opera omnia medico-practica, et anatomica. Edited by Philippe Pinel. Paris: Pierre J. Duplain, 1788. 2 volumes, 8o (193 x 119 mm). Contemporary mottled sheep gilt. Norman 106. (5)

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BAGLIVI, Giorgio (1668-1707). De fibra motrice, et morbosa ... Epistola ad Alexandrum Pascoli. Perugia: Constantino, 1700. 4o (207 x 155 mm). Later boards. FIRST EDITION. Baglivi was the first to distinguish between smooth and striated muscle. Heirs of Hippocrates 737; NLM/Krivatsy 576; Wellcome II, p. 84; Norman 104. -- De praxi medica... accedunt dissertationes novae. Rome: Domenico Antonio Hercules, 1696. 8o (160 x 105 mm). Engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered. Provenance: Matthew Regal (gift inscription from Martin Giovanelli in a contemporary hand on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Baglivi is calling for a return to the Hippocratic principle of sound clinical observation. Heirs of Hippocrates 736; NLM/Krivatsy 577; Norman 103. -- Opera omnia medico-practica et anatomica. Lyons: Anisson and Jean Posuel, 1704. 4o (224 x 171 mm). Engraved portrait and one engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, spine ink-lettered. Provenance: Charles Lucas, M.D. (bookplate). First collected edition. Garrison-Morton 68; Heirs of Hippocrates 738; Norman 105. -- Opera omnia medico-practica, et anatomica. Edited by Philippe Pinel. Paris: Pierre J. Duplain, 1788. 2 volumes, 8o (193 x 119 mm). Contemporary mottled sheep gilt. Norman 106. (5)