Lot 144
Anatomy.- Needham (Walter) Disquisitio Anatomica de Formato Foetu, first edition, William Godbid, and Radulph Needham, 1667.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Anatomy.- Needham (Walter) Disquisitio Anatomica de Formato Foetu, first edition, 7 engraved folding plates, tear into M3 text, small hole to plate 4 and few text ff., occasional light water-staining to lower margins and light soiling, some browning, spotting, ink-stamp to title, D5 and M1, ink writing to free endpapers, contemporary calf, spine faded, label to spine chipped with loss, ink-stamp to upper cover, a little bumped, [ESTC R14283; Wellcome IV P.218Wing N411], 8vo, William Godbid, and Radulph Needham, 1667.
⁂ Founding work on developmental chemical embryology, reporting chemical experiments on developing mammalian embryo, which also provided the first practical instructions for embryo dissection. Needham was interested in fetal nutrition and defended the view that fetuses receive nourishment through the umbilical vessels.
Description
Anatomy.- Needham (Walter) Disquisitio Anatomica de Formato Foetu, first edition, 7 engraved folding plates, tear into M3 text, small hole to plate 4 and few text ff., occasional light water-staining to lower margins and light soiling, some browning, spotting, ink-stamp to title, D5 and M1, ink writing to free endpapers, contemporary calf, spine faded, label to spine chipped with loss, ink-stamp to upper cover, a little bumped, [ESTC R14283; Wellcome IV P.218Wing N411], 8vo, William Godbid, and Radulph Needham, 1667.
⁂ Founding work on developmental chemical embryology, reporting chemical experiments on developing mammalian embryo, which also provided the first practical instructions for embryo dissection. Needham was interested in fetal nutrition and defended the view that fetuses receive nourishment through the umbilical vessels.
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