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‎Observationes Anatomicae. - [THE FOUNDATION OF THE STUDY OF GLANDS AS A SCIENCE]‎

‎Lugduni [Leiden], Jacobum Chouët, 1662. 12mo. Partly uncut in a nice later full calf binding (19th century?) with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Hinges with a bit of wear and small piece of leather lacking on top of spine. Vague previous owner's name in contemporary hand to lower part of title-page. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Vague traces after stamp on p. 108. A fine copy. (12), 108 pp. + 3 folded plates.‎

‎The rare first edition of Steno's early and first major discovery, being the findings of the 3 main Ducts and glands of the eye, the mouth and the nose, among these the first account of the excretory duct of the parotid gland now named ""Stensen's Duct"". He correctly stated that the true purpose of the glands was to secrete fluid and ""with [the present work] Nicolaus Steno had established the study of glands as a science"". (Snorrason). His careful dissections of animal, and later human, brains were revolutionary. He demonstrated that tears are secrated by specific glands, thus striking a deadly blow to the ancient notion of cerebral excretion, even disproving the speculations of scholars such as Descartes, who believed that the corpus pineale (a brain gland) was the connecting point between soul and body.Steno arrived in Holland in March 1660 and was given lodging by the city's physician Gerad Blaes (Latin: Blasius) who himself had studied in Copenhagen and was a friend of Thomas Bartholin. A year later Steno wrote in a letter to Bartholin: ""After I had been given leave by Blasius to dissect on my own in the museum, I bought a sheep's-head in order to examine the brain. I happened to decide to investigate first the course of the veins and arteries at the mouth by introducing a probe into the vessels. I suddenly discovered that the point of the probe was moving freely in a spacious cavity and struck with a ringing sound against the teeth. Surprised at this, I called my host to hear his opinion. Blasius first said that it was due to force, then that it was one of nature's frequent freaks, and finally he looked up Wharton's book, but found no explanation there"". Shortly thereafter, Steno repeated the investigation on a dog and confirmed, ""there was a duct leading from the gland by the ear to the oral cavity, of a similar kind to the duct from the submaxillary gland found by the English man Thomas Wharton (1610-1673) a few years previously and described in his book Adenographia 1656. Steno was now certain that the gland was a salivary gland and not, as Wharton said in his book and as had been believed for some 1500 year, a kind of sponge intended to absorb surplus materials from the hard rami of the fifth pair of nerves, carry these back to the veins, warm up the outer and inner ear, and fill up the hollow around them."" (Snorrason). ""This discovery led Stensen to consider every fluid in the body as a glandular secretion. He then found a series of glands furnishing fluid to each of the body cavities. He likewise sought the afferent and efferent ducts of secretion. Stensen still used the name ""lymph"" for all watery glandular secretions, because he was not yet able to differentiate between them and to specify them chemically and physiologically. In the course of this basic research Stensen presented in his Leiden dissertation new discoveries of glands in the cheeks" beneath the tongue" and in the palate, whose structure of veins, arteries, nerves, and lymph vessels he also described. In his Observationes anatomicae (1662), dealing with his new discoveries concerning the glands, he described the lachrymal apparatus in great detail."" DSB 13, 33. ""Niels Stensen remains one of the most notable scientists in the history of anatomy. His method based on dissection and experiment enabled him to make significant contribution to the understanding of structure and function of human body. Like many successful scientists he was able to make the most of the rather serendipitous discovery of the parotid duct early in his career, soon expanding his research focus into new areas."" (Strkalj, Niels Stensen and the Discovery of the Parotid Duct).""In the physiology his researches into the anatomy of the glands led to his discovery of the [duct of] parotid gland, one of the three salivary glands near the ear, into the mouth, is still named ""Steno's duct."""" (PMM 151)Osler 4018Garrison & Morton 973Waller 9226Heirs of Hippocrates 393Norman 2010Snorrason 1662(PMM 151)‎

‎De Musculis et Glandulis Observationum Specimen. Cum Epistolis duabus Anatomicis. (And) Observationes Anatomicæ, quibus Varia Oris, Oculum, & Narium vasa describuntur, novique salivæ, lacrymarum & muci fontes deteguntur. Et Novum Nobilissimi Bilsii De... - [DUCTUS STENONIANI ETC.]‎

‎Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), 1683 & Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), 1683. 12mo. Bound in one cont. full vellum. Title in old hand on back. De Musculis: (4), 111 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate with 4 figs. - Observationes Anatomicæ: (12), 108 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Light scattered brownspots, but good copies.‎

‎Two very scarce works by Steensen describing his exceptional discoveries relating to the Ducts, the Glands and the mechanics of Muscles.""De Musculis..."" is the Leiden issue, the third publication and the second printed outside Denmark. The first edition was published in Copenhagen in 1664. The work, which is divided into two parts, contains Steensen's famous investigations on the anatomy and physiology of the different types of muscles, in which he classifies them according to fibres and fibre-functions, and concludes that the heart is a muscle with automatic movement, totally against classical and contemporary authorities. The second part deals with the Ducts and Glands giving a survey of his earlier findings, such as Stensen's Duct, which gave rise to the controversy about priority with Blasius. And then he published a long row of new discoveries on the lymphatic glands, in reality he here lists 11 new discoveries. ""In this work (De Musculis et Glandulis) Steno laid the foundation of our present conception of muscular mechanics. He ""at once grasped the significance of the fibrillar structure of skeletal muscle and realised that the tensile forces developed in each individual fibra became summated into the response of the muscle as a whole"" (Fulton). He proved the muscular nature of the heart."" (Garrison & Morton).""Observationes Anatomicæ"" is the second printing, the first issued 1662, and it contains Stensen's famous findings from his first year in Leiden of the 3 main Ducts, among these the first account of the excretory duct of the parotid gland ""STENSEN'S DUCT"". The work is divided into 4 parts and describes the findings of the ducts and glands of the eye, the mouth and the nose.Waller Nos 9219 & 9227 - Osler Nos 4020 & 4018 (1662 ed.) - Gosch III: Stensen 4:2 & 2:1 - Garrison & Morton Nos 576 (1664) & 973 (1662).‎

‎Opera Philosophica. Edited by Vilhelm Maar. At the Expense of the Carlsbergfond. 2 Vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, Vilhelm Tryde, 1910. 4to. Uniformly bound uncut with both original printed wrappers in two black full cloth bindings. Previous owner's name to front wrappers and ex-libris pasted on to verso of front wrappers. Titlepages in red/black, both with an engraved vignette (Domus Anatomica). (4), XXXII, 264 pp." 365,(1) pp. With many illustrations in the texts as facsimiles from the original works. Only printed in 350 copies, the present copy being no. 26. A fine and clean set. ‎

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‎This prestigious work contains all Steensen's famous works in Medicine, Anatomy, Geology etc. The Foreword, 32 pp., is in English and written by the editor Vilhelm Maar. ""Niels Stensen remains one of the most notable scientists in the history of anatomy. His method based on dissection and experiment enabled him to make significant contribution to the understanding of structure and function of human body. Like many successful scientists he was able to make the most of the rather serendipitous discovery of the parotid duct early in his career, soon expanding his research focus into new areas."" (Strkalj, Niels Stensen and the Discovery of the Parotid Duct).""In the physiology his researches into the anatomy of the glands led to his discovery of the [duct of] parotid gland, one of the three salivary glands near the ear, into the mouth, is still named ""Steno's duct."""" (PMM 151)‎

‎Opera Philosophica. Edited by Vilhelm Maar. At the Expense of the Carlsbergfond. 2 Vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, Vilhelm Tryde, 1910. 4to. Bound partly uncut with both orig. printed frontwrappers in 2 solid hmorocco. Spines without titlelabels. A few minor scratches to bindings. Internally clean and fine printed on good paper. Titlepages in red/black, both with an engraved vignette (Domus Anatomica). (4),XXXII,264365,(1) pp. With many illustrations in the texts as facsimiles from the original works. Only prited in 350 copies.‎

‎This prestigious work contains all Steensen's famous works in Medicine, Anatomy, Geology etc. The Foreword, 32 pp., is in English and written by the editor Vilhelm Maar.‎

‎Opera Philosophica. Edited by Vilhelm Maar. At the Expense of the Carlsbergfond. 2 Vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, Vilhelm Tryde, 1910. 4to. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. A small tear to frontwrapper at top of spine on vol. 2. Titlepages in red/black, both with an engraved vignette (Domus Anatomica). (4),XXXII,264"365,(1) pp. With many illustrations in the texts as facsimiles from the original works. Only prited in 350 copies. (No. 263 of 350). Printed on fine paper. Clean and fine. Dedication from the editor ""Hr. Dr. J.W. Johnsson/ venskabeligst fra Wilhelm Maar"".‎

‎This prestigious work contains all Steensen's famous works in Medicine, Anatomy, Geology etc. The Foreword, 32 pp., is in English and written by the editor Vilhelm Maar.‎

‎Osnabrugen. Beatificationis et Canonizationis Servi Dei Nicolai Stenonis Episcopi Titiopolitani. Positio super Introductione Causae et super virtutibus ex Officio Concinnata.‎

‎Romae, 1974. Small folio. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Portrait. XCV,1110 pp.‎

‎Sacra Congregatio pro Causis Sanctorum Officium Historicum 38.‎

‎Epistolae et Epistolae ad eum Datae. Quas cum Prooemio ac Notis Germanice Scriptis. Edidit Gustav Scherz adjuvante Joanne Ræder. 2 vols.‎

‎Hafniae, 1952. Large 4to. Uncut in orig. wrappers. XXII,1028 pp. 2 portraits. One of 500 copies. Clean and fine.‎