HARVEY William. Tercentenary Celebration of the First Publication of DE MOTU CORDIS.
The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
Pub. LONDON: The Nonesuch Press, [1928] Title, pp[iii]-xvi, 202pp. [3]leaves :: 1 fold out illustration facing page 87. Four figures illustrating the valves in the veins of the forearm engraved by C. Sigrist after a drawing by Stephen Gooden.
Colophon: This edition, printed by Job. Enschedé en Zonen on Dutch paper, is limited to 1450 copies for sale in England and America. This copy is number 1229. Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text DE MOTU CORDIS.
This is a much sought after edition of Harvey's classic work.
Publisher's full morocco binding with ruled gilt is gently aged, spine sunned. Leather burn to endpapers, while the untrimmed text is very clean and straight. Offsetting to the single folded plate. Refer to images. (206x130mm)


Estimate $200-300