HEISTER, Lorentz. Chirurgie in welcher alles, was zur Wund-Arzney gehöret [...]. Nürnberg, Johann Adam Stein und Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, 1752.
Estimation :
300 / 350
Adjudication :
280 €
Description
In-4° : frsp.-[12]-1078-[24] pp.; 38 folding plates (37 bound before 36, slighly browned, light marginal stain in 1st half of the vol.).
Contemporary binding : half vellum with corners, flat spine, red edges (slightly used, inner joint split).
Renewed and augmented edition (1st ed. 1718) of this crucial work by the German anatomist and surgeon Lorentz Heister (1683-1759), considered as the founder of scientific surgery. Divided in 3 parts on injuries, operations and bandages.
With its many translations it bridged the gap between academic science and practical medicine for example in making obstetrics an official part of surgery.
Illustrated with its portrait and 38 detailed folding copperplates.
# Neue Deutsche Biographie 8, 458-459;
# Welcome 236;
# Garrison & Morton 5576;
# Stadlober-Degwerth, (Un)heimliche Niederkunften (...), Köln, 2008, 53-55.
Provenance : H. Tillmanns (stamp); Biblioteca Juan Carlos Ahumada (stamp).
Ouvrage du fondateur de la chirurgie scientifique, illustré de son portrait en frontispice et de 38 cuivres à déplier figurant instruments et interventions chirurgicales (faiblement jauni, faible mouill. marg. à la 1re partie).
Demi-vélin à coins de l'ép. (lég. défraîchi).
Contemporary binding : half vellum with corners, flat spine, red edges (slightly used, inner joint split).
Renewed and augmented edition (1st ed. 1718) of this crucial work by the German anatomist and surgeon Lorentz Heister (1683-1759), considered as the founder of scientific surgery. Divided in 3 parts on injuries, operations and bandages.
With its many translations it bridged the gap between academic science and practical medicine for example in making obstetrics an official part of surgery.
Illustrated with its portrait and 38 detailed folding copperplates.
# Neue Deutsche Biographie 8, 458-459;
# Welcome 236;
# Garrison & Morton 5576;
# Stadlober-Degwerth, (Un)heimliche Niederkunften (...), Köln, 2008, 53-55.
Provenance : H. Tillmanns (stamp); Biblioteca Juan Carlos Ahumada (stamp).
Ouvrage du fondateur de la chirurgie scientifique, illustré de son portrait en frontispice et de 38 cuivres à déplier figurant instruments et interventions chirurgicales (faiblement jauni, faible mouill. marg. à la 1re partie).
Demi-vélin à coins de l'ép. (lég. défraîchi).
