Two Facsimile Volume by Danish Anatomist Nicolas Steno, 1662 and 1669.
STENO, Nicolaus (1638-1686) was a Danish Anatomist and Geologist, later beatified by the Catholic Church.
1) 'Discovrs de Monsieur Steno, sur l'anatomie du cerveau. A messieurs de l'assemblée qui se fait chez Monsieur Theuenot' (Mr. Steno's discourse on the anatomy of the brain, to the gentlemen of the assembly meeting at Mr. Theuenot's house). Pub. À Paris: Chez Robert de Ninville, MDCLXIX (1669). COPENHAGEN: Arnold Busck, 1965. Issued with English and German translation. Introduction by Gustav Scherz.
Pictorial paper cover with protective glassine paper jacket - tanned and scuffed, clean copy with minor marks. Facsimile, lacking dedication and the Royal Privilege as well as quotations from Descartes at the end. (182x120mm)
2) 'De glandulis oculorum novisque earundem vasis observationes anatomicæ quibus veri lacrymarum fontes deteguntur. Anatomical observations of the glands of the eye and their new vessles thereby revealing the true source of tears. With a preface and notes [and a translation into English] by Edv. Gotfredsen'. Pub. COPENHAGEN: Arnold Busck, 1951. 'The facsimile has been taken from a copy of the original edition from 1662 kindly lend by the University Library of Copenhagen and printed by offset by S.L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen.' This is part of Steno's Observationes Anatomicæ, 1662. This was privately printed. Cream paper cover with protective translucent glassine paper, printed title, 1953 note to front, minor foxing. Presentation copy from Prof. Edv. Gotfredsen, Medical Historical Museum, University of Copenhagen, 62, Bredgade Copenhagen, Denmark, with inscription and letter dated 22nd April 1953. Bookplates: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (157x94mm)




PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $100-150