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WILLIS, Thomas (1621-1675). De anima brutorum quae hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae. London: E.F for Richard Davis, 1672. 8o (152 x 96 mm). 8 folding engraved plates (a few small tears to plates). Contemporary calf (rebacked in morocco, corners restored, some cracking to joints). Provenance: Robert Woodward, 1694 (inscription); Abraham Simmonds (gift inscription, 1701); G. Woodward (inscription); Dickinson (inscription); Frederick Wood Jones (1879-1954), anatomist (bookplate). Second edition (preceded by the 4o first edition, also 1672) with the E.F for Richard Davis state of the title. NLM/Krivatsy 13016; Wing W-2826; Norman 2246. [With:] WILLIS. Two discourses concerning the soul of brutes, which is that of the vital and sensitive of man. Translated by Samuel Pordage (1633-1691). London: for Thomas Dring, and John Leigh, 1683. 2o (315 x 193 mm). 7 engraved plates containing 8 numbered figures. (Some minor browning and foxing to text, G3 torn, a few minor marginal repairs, tiny hole in D4). Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners repaired, endpapers renewed). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Wing W-2856; Norman 2247.