Description
Berlin: J.M. Rudiger ; 1704
(New German description of the muscles found in the human body, including a preface to the Fundamentis Myologiae and necessary notes throughout, enlarged by Ch.M.Spener)
With engraved title and 42 (instead of 43) copper plates.
Missing plate 5
12 leaves, 98 pages, 4 pages, 2 leaves
3/4 leather over marbled boards
First German edition
- Remarkable anatomical representations, entirely in the baroque style of the time, "in which the names of the muscles are printed in the figures, probably the first such example" (Hirsch-H. I, 723)
Ex-library
Stamped several times, plates stamped on the verso
Plate 7 with marginal tear, plate 17 lower right margin with dampstain, toning, lacks one plate
Otherwise good condition.
Small folio: 8 1/4 by 13"
Text in German
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1704 ANATOMY MUSCLE TREATISE antique AMAZINGLY ILLUSTRATED
Estimate $1,500-$2,000
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