Lot 143
Anatomy.- Harvey (William) Opera sive Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, 2 vol. in 1, Leiden, Johannes van Kerckhem, 1737.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Anatomy.- Harvey (William) Opera sive Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, 2 vol. in 1, half-title, 2 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 2 engraved plates (misbound between L4 and M1, some show-through), small hole to vol. 2 3F3 slightly affecting 1 word, occasional light staining, some light foxing and browning, marginal manuscript annotations in ink and green pencil to vol. 1 T3-4 and vol. 2 2C4-2D1, ex-library ink-stamps to vol. 1 title and *2, bookplate, hinges strengthened, late 19th-century half morocco, gilt, rubbing and wear to joints and extremities, [Wellcome III p.220], 4to, Leiden, Johannes van Kerckhem, 1737.
⁂ First collected edition in Latin. Both works in Latin were previously only printed as part of the 'Bibliotheca anatomica' by le Clerc and Manget in 1685 and 1699, respectively.
Description
Anatomy.- Harvey (William) Opera sive Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, 2 vol. in 1, half-title, 2 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 2 engraved plates (misbound between L4 and M1, some show-through), small hole to vol. 2 3F3 slightly affecting 1 word, occasional light staining, some light foxing and browning, marginal manuscript annotations in ink and green pencil to vol. 1 T3-4 and vol. 2 2C4-2D1, ex-library ink-stamps to vol. 1 title and *2, bookplate, hinges strengthened, late 19th-century half morocco, gilt, rubbing and wear to joints and extremities, [Wellcome III p.220], 4to, Leiden, Johannes van Kerckhem, 1737.
⁂ First collected edition in Latin. Both works in Latin were previously only printed as part of the 'Bibliotheca anatomica' by le Clerc and Manget in 1685 and 1699, respectively.
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