Primitiae anatomicae de humani corporis ossibus.

4to: [16]-188 pp. (1st quires spotted, upper margins somewhat stained, errors in pagination in quire Y, without 2 prelim. ff. (?), 4 folding pl. and errata leaf at end).

Contemp. blind ruled overl. vellum, spine with 3 raised bands (sl. soiled). Otherwise good copy.

Rare first edition of this work on osteology by P. Pauw (1564-1617), Dutch botanist and Leiden's first appointed anatomy professor. Prelim. poems by H. Delmanhorst and H. Florentius. Engr. ill.: vign. on title showing a dance of death and 25 ill. in text depicting skulls, bones, vertebras, etc. Title printed in red & black.
Ref. Krivatsy 8697. - Wellcome I:4682. - BMI I:87. - STCN.