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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 (286 x 186 mm). Additional engraved allegorical title, 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, with final blank leaf. (Marginal discoloration, small dampstain at head of gutter margins.) Contemporary vellum over pasteboard, later red calf lettering-pieces (a bit soiled). Provenance: "Ei" (inscription on engraved title); illegible 19th-century library stamps (not identical) on engraved title and A1r.
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; Russell 416; Waller 4456; Wellcome III, p. 263; Norman 1071.
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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; Russell 416; Waller 4456; Wellcome III, p. 263; Norman 1071.