KERCKRING, Theodor. Spicilegium Anatomicum...
...cotinens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non Osterogeniam Foetuum.
Pub. AMSTELODAMI: Sumptibus Andreæ Frisii. CD D C LXX [1670]. First edition.
Three works bound together, as issued; Spicilegium Anatomicum, Osterogeniam foetvvm (1670) and Anthropogeniæ Ichnographia, (1671). Full collation available on request.
'This is a particularly rare book, even more so when the supplement is bound with it, as here. Kerckring was a physician and anatomist at Amsterdam. His name is preserved in his ossicle - a separate autie of ossifuation in the pestesior margin of the foranum magnuai of the occipital bone. This is described and illustrated in his Osteogeniam factuum which is an outstanding description of the faetal bones. Kerckring also described the valuulae conniventes of the intestine, to which his name is attached but these had previously by Fallopius.' (Russell)
Vellum binding aged and stained, warping to the front board. Initial leaves soiled and handled, with a repaired short tear the foredge of engraved title. Text rippled, most text pages are clean and straight with toning to the edges. Folding plates overall good for age, edges ruffled and crushing to some folds. Refer to images.
(233x187mm)


Estimate $1,000-2,000