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"BARTHOLIN, THOMAS. - WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF MONSTERS.
Historiarum Anatomicarum Rariorum. Centuria I et II.
Hagæ Comitum (Den Haag), Adriani Vlacq, 1654. Small 8vo. Contemp. full vellum with a faint handwritten title on spine. A nick to vellum at the handwritten title. Some soiling to spine and lower part of upper cover. Engraved titlepage (loosening). (14),314,(4) pp., textiillustrations in woodcut (some full-page) and 9 engraved plates (some folding). Scattered brownspots, mostly at end.
Reference : 55256
First reprint, the Vlacq-print, from the same year as the original from Copenhagen, and having the same plates as this. The Copenhagen edition was followed by Centuria III-IV and V-VI. This collection of papers in various departments of medicine and anatomi, deals mainly with human and animal monsters.Gosch III,p.43. (""Denne Udgave er maaske at betragte som en Originaludgave samtidig med den kjøbenhavnske"")
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1 book(s) with the same title
Historiarum anatomicarum rariorum centuria I et II. (vol. 1 of 3).
Copenhagen: Peter Habold, 1654. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum. Light wear to extremities. Previous owner's name to engraved title-page, otherwise a fine copy. Printed on good paper. (16), 360,(8) pp. + 9 engraved plates of which 2 are folded.
First edition of Bartholin's important work containing 200 case studies on ""lusus naturae"", the anomalies of nature, people with birth defects.The present volume 1 was published seperately - volume 2 and 3 being published years later - and is by far the most important of the 3 volumes published.
