BLANKAART, Steven. A Physical Dictionary Wherein the Terms of Anatomy, the Names and Causes of Diseases, Chyrurgical Instruments, and their Uses are Accurately Described.
Pub. LONDON: Printed for Sam Crouch, at the corner of Pope's-Head-Alley near the Royal Exchange in Cornhil (sic); and John Sprint, at the Bell in Little Britain, 1708. Fifth edition. Title, [1] leaf, 318 pp., [1] leaf :: 2 plates (of medical and chemical symbols).
An early medical dictionary which went through many editions. The English translation of Blankaart's (b.1650-1702) dictionary was the first medical dictionary to be printed in Britain. The first edition was in 1684. The original Greek and Latin text editions were printed in Amsterdam in 1679
Later rebinding in quarter calf on marbled boards. Obscured contemporary ink signatures to preliminaries. Stains and dusting to text block edges, overall very good condition. (190x120mm)


Estimate $450-600