Anatomy and medicine.- Bartholin (Thomas) Bartholinus Anatomy; made from the Precepts of his Father, and from the Observations of all Modern Anatomists...., 3 folding engraved plates only (of 4), one of these loosely inserted, c.70 engraved illustrations in text, lacking advertisement leaf and 4T2, some small rust marks, a few tears affecting text and illustrations, some ff. working loose, contemporary speckled calf, hole to upper cover, spine cracked with slight loss to ends, lower joint starting to split, rubbed and bumped, [ESTC R24735; Wellcome II, 107; Wing BB977], by John Streater, 1668 § Lettsom (John Coakley) History of the Origin of Medicine: An Oration..., hand-coloured folding frontispiece, black-and-white version of the same plate bound between pp.148-9, frontispiece with some loss, some offsetting to title, a few tears and ff. working loose including title and frontispiece, date written in ink on title in arabic numerals and other inscriptions to front pastedown, quote from Lettsom tipped onto front endpapers, description of medical exhibit loosely inserted, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine with red morocco label, upper joint breaking, upper cover working loose, loss to spine and elsewhere, a little worn, [ESTC T68069], J. Phillips for E. & C. Dilly, 1778, surface soiling, staining and spotting, bookplates, folio & 4to (2)

⁂ Bartholin was a Danish physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anatomist, and the son of the anatomist Caspar Bartholin. As the first professor of anatomy at Copenhagen, he significantly advanced the understanding of glandular anatomy, including the structure and function of ducts, as well as the biliary and lymphatic systems. Notably, he was the first to describe the thoracic duct in humans.