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RUYSCH, Frederik (1638-1731). Thesaurus anatomicus primus [-decimus]... Het eerste [-tiende] anatomisch cabinet... Amsterdam: Joannes Wolters (parts I-IX), Jansson-Waesberg (part X), 1701-1716.
10 parts in one volume, 4o (227 x 178 mm). 41 engraved plates including 22 folding plates (2 folding plates torn, the following signatures misbound: part I A-H after 7*4 in Thesaurus animalium, part VI *2 after M2 and (A)-(D) after Ettmller's letter.) Contemporary calf (some wear to spine ends and edges).
Provenance: Dr. Martin van Winck (ownership inscription on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Ruysch's description of his anatomical preparations which were exhibited in several small rented houses in Amsterdam. This "cabinet" became a major attraction for foreign visitors. The collection was subsequently sold to Peter the Great. The engraved illustrations (mostly by Huijberts) which accompany the text "deserve special mention for their whimsical, almost surrealistic, quality: quaintly posed skeletons surrounded by stuffed monsters, strange reptiles, dried plants and sea creatures" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 389; Heirs of Hippocrates 617 (1726-1744 edition); Wellcome IV, p. 599; Norman 1875.
[Bound with:] Thesaurus animalium primus... Het eerste cabinet der dieren... Amsterdam: Joannes Wolters, 1710. Engraved additional title, title printed in red and black, and 7 engraved plates including 5 folding (signatures A-F misbound after *4 in part I of Thesaurus anatomicus and engraved plates bound in at end.) FIRST EDITION. Heirs of Hipporates 616 (1725 edition); Norman 1876. -- [Bound with:] Adversariorum anatomico-medico-chirurgicorum decas prima [secunda]... cui adjuncta est Michaelis Ernesti Etmulleri epistola problematica ad virum clarissimun Fred. Ruyschium... de ovario nova. Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberg, 1717-1720. 2 parts (of 3) in one volume. Title printed in red and black, 5 engraved plates including 4 folding. FIRST EDITION. Included in part one is Michael Ernst Ettmller's Epistola problematica... with separate title-page, Amsterdam, 1715. The third part, not included in this collection was published in 1728. Norman 1877. Sold not subject to return.
10 parts in one volume, 4
Provenance: Dr. Martin van Winck (ownership inscription on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Ruysch's description of his anatomical preparations which were exhibited in several small rented houses in Amsterdam. This "cabinet" became a major attraction for foreign visitors. The collection was subsequently sold to Peter the Great. The engraved illustrations (mostly by Huijberts) which accompany the text "deserve special mention for their whimsical, almost surrealistic, quality: quaintly posed skeletons surrounded by stuffed monsters, strange reptiles, dried plants and sea creatures" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 389; Heirs of Hippocrates 617 (1726-1744 edition); Wellcome IV, p. 599; Norman 1875.
[Bound with:] Thesaurus animalium primus... Het eerste cabinet der dieren... Amsterdam: Joannes Wolters, 1710. Engraved additional title, title printed in red and black, and 7 engraved plates including 5 folding (signatures A-F misbound after *4 in part I of Thesaurus anatomicus and engraved plates bound in at end.) FIRST EDITION. Heirs of Hipporates 616 (1725 edition); Norman 1876. -- [Bound with:] Adversariorum anatomico-medico-chirurgicorum decas prima [secunda]... cui adjuncta est Michaelis Ernesti Etmulleri epistola problematica ad virum clarissimun Fred. Ruyschium... de ovario nova. Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberg, 1717-1720. 2 parts (of 3) in one volume. Title printed in red and black, 5 engraved plates including 4 folding. FIRST EDITION. Included in part one is Michael Ernst Ettmller's Epistola problematica... with separate title-page, Amsterdam, 1715. The third part, not included in this collection was published in 1728. Norman 1877. Sold not subject to return.