RIOLAN, Jean. A Sure Guide: Or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery: That is to say, the Arts of Healing by Medicine and Manual Operation.
Being an anatomical description of the whole body of nan and its parts, with their respective diseases, demonstrated from the Fabrick and Use of the said Parts. In 6 books .... Englished by Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. and W. R. Doctor of the Liberal Arts, and of Physick.
Pub. LONDON: Printed by John Streater, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge, at the sign of the Bible on Ludgate-Hill. M.DC.LXXI (1671), 3rd edition (Russell 705) Collation in brief; Title, [3]leaves, 288pp. [30]leaves :: 24 plates.
Culpepers translation of Rolan's anatomy appeared first in 1657, then in 1665 and finally in 1671. The W.R. on the title was William Rand. 'It is entered in the Term Catalogues under 30 May 1671, price bound 12s.' (Russell 705) 'This is a translation of Riolan's Encheiridium anatomicum et pathologicum, Leyden, Wyngaerden, 1649. The plates are identical with those used by Culpeper in his translation of Vesling pub. in 1653 and indeed to those in the original Latin edition of Vesling's Syntagma anatomicum, Padua, Frambotti, 1647. Culpeper's co-author was William Rand as revealed in the recently discovered second edition of 1665 (see 704a)' (Russell 705). References pertain to British Anatomy 1525-1800 Second Edition, K.F. Russell, pub. by St. Paul's Bibliographies, Hampshire 1987.
Older rebinding in quarter calf on plain board. Text block dust stained. Title page soiled and marked, text toned and soiled mostly to opening margins. Infrequent spots of foxing plus watermarking to the bottom outer quarter of plates. Refer to images. With signature of 'Lancellot Hutchison Book AD 1743 2s. 6d' Earlier initials 'R.G'. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell. Scarce in any condition. (290x180mm)


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