BARTHOLIN, THOMAS.

Anatome Ex omnium Veterum Recentiorumque Observationibus Inprimis institutionibus b.m. Parentis Caspari Bartholini, ad circulationem Harvejanam et vasa lymphatica quartum renovata. Cum Iconibus novis, & Indicibus.

Leiden, Ex Officina Hackiana 1673 (Frontispiece: 1674). 8vo. In recent full calf binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Four plates and frontiespiece with repairs, with loss of illustration. Internally with occassional light soiling. (28), 807 (16) pp. + 120 anatomical plates of which many are folded.

This is the definitive edition, enlarged significantly both in terms of text and illustrations, containing the entire works of both Thomas Bartholinus and his father, Caspar's "Anatomicae institutiones" (1611).
Bartholin began his influential series of revisions in 1641, bringing his father's text up to date in view of the discoveries of William Harvey's epoch-making discovery of the circulation of the blood and with new engravings, Aselli and four of the images from the "De ossibus" section in Bartholin's "Anatome" were adapted for use in the "Kaitai shinsho" (1774), the first Japanese anatomical treatise based directly on Western materials (Tabula II; Tabula VI; figures I - III of Tabula VII; and the folding plate of the skeleton opposite p. 748.).

Bibl. Dan. I, 764.
Thesaurus 350.
Wellcome II, 107.

Order-nr.: 57298