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Doeveren's Teratological Specimens 1765

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Title: Specimen Observationum Academicarum, ad Monstrorum Historiam, Anatomen, Pathologiam, et Artem Obstetriciam, Praecipue Spectantum
Author: Doeveren, Wouter van
Description: [xii], 298, [2] pp. 7 engraved plates on 5 folding leaves. (4to) 9½x7¾, modern tan buckram. First Edition.Comprises a collection of observations on anatomical and pathological subjects. Five of the plates depict teratological specimens including a two-headed sheep and a child with a grossly deformed face and skull. Waller 2512; Wellcome II p. 477.
Heading: Place Published: Groningen and Leiden
Publisher: Jac. Bolt & S. et J. Luchtmans
Date Published: 1765