Corporis humani anatomiae liber primus [...] Editio secunda ab authore recognita, novis observationibus & inventis pluribusque figuris aucta. [- Supplementum anatomicum sive Anatomiae corporis humani liber secundus...].

2 vols sm. 4to: [32]-400, xv-[1]-428-[12] pp., 1 front., 46 pls (some lvs and pls brown., occ. foxing, sm. hole on 1st vol., f. a4...).

Contemp. brown mottled and polished calf, gilt-tooled spine with raised bands, sprinkled edges (some sm. scratches, sm. wormhole on a spine). Good condition.

Second edition (1st ed., Louvain, 1693) of this anatomical manual, published by the widow of Verheyen (1648-1710), professor of medicine at Louvain. Contains also the controversy on the study of the foetus, by the French surgeon Jean Méry (1645-1722).Copy complete with 47 engr. ill.: 1 frontispiece (author's allegorical portrait) by P. Devel, and 46 anatomical folding plates. Engr. armorial headpiece on the dedication to the States of Brabant, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Title printed in red and black. Ref. Bibl. Walleriana 9880. - Sondervorst - Hist. de la médecine belge. Brux., 1981, p. 129. - Blake 472. - Garrison & Morton 388. Joined: HEISTER, Lorenz.- Compendium anatomicum totam rem anatomicam brevissime complectens [...]. Nuremberg, G.C. Weber, 1741. 2 pts in 1 vol. 8vo: [4]-xxvi-207-[3], 190-[42] pp., 1 front. (author's portr.), 8 (of 9) fold. pl. (without pl. 5, worm- holes and gall., some lvs brown.). Contemp. marbled calf, ribbed spine gilt and decorated, red title-label, red edges (rubbed, minor cracks on spine). 5th edition. Prov. F.J. Dom, Doctor of Medicine (ms. mention). (2 works)