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Title: Expositio Anatomica Structurae Corporis Humani
Author: Winslow, Jac[ob] Benigni Description: 4 volumes. [xxxii], 350; [xiv], 416, [4]; [viii], 288, [24]; [viii], 240, [viii] 274, [22] pp. 9 folding plates. (8vo) 6½x4, period full calf, spines gilt. First Latin Edition.Translated by E. Gallico. "[Winslow's] Exposition is distinguished by being the first book on descriptive anatomy to discard physiological details and hypothetical explanations foreign to the subject. He did much to condense and systematize the anatomical knowledge of his time." [Garrison-Morton 394, Paris edition, 1732 ] Heading: zze(Medical)Place Published: Frankfurt & Leipsig Publisher: Joan. Gothofr. Baueri Date Published: 1753 Condition reportEx-library with inkstamps on title pages, small labels on spines and front endpapers. Extremities worn, joints and hinges cracking; short tears to several plates; else very good.
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