VAN SWIETEN, Gerard Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave Aphorismos, de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. Tomus primus (- quintus) [and] BOERHAAVE, Herman - Libellus de materie medica [and] GRANDJEAN de FOUCHY, Jean-Paul - Eloge de M. le baron Van...
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Swieten, prononcé à l'académie royale des sciences, le 21 avril 1773. 1755-1773 (wid. and heirs) Guillaume Cavelier, 5 vol., 4to, cont. calf (sl. different bindings, some scratches, corners rounded), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed, some def. at heads & tails), viii-[4]-884, [4]-769-[1 bl.], vi-[1-1 bl.]-685-[3 bl.], [8]-668, xii-736-91-[1 bl.]-16 pp. (somewhat spotting, minor staining, quire 4G in 4th vol. misbound). Good set.
Monumental commentary by the Dutch physician Gerard Van Swieten (1700-1772) on the famous aphorisms of Herman Boerhaave. Titles in red and black. Last vol. contains Boerhaave's "Libellus" and a laudatory speech on Van Swieten. Ref. Blake 441. Cp. Garrison & Morton 1970, n. 2200 (ed. 1742-1776). BnF. Joined : Winslow, J.B. - Exposition anatomique de la structure du corps humain. Paris, G. Desprez, J. Desessartz, 1732, 4 parts in 5 vol., 12mo, cont. calf (rubbed, bumped corners, worn), gilt spines on 5 raised bands, (déf.), lxxiv-502-[2-2 bl.], xxiii-[1 bl.]-632 (= 638)-[4], xi-[1 bl.]-426-[3-1 bl.], viii-349-[4-1 bl.], x-pp. 351/754-[13-1 bl.]-24 pp. (waterstains, title & 1 pl. of t. I missing, wormholes). 1st ed. in 12mo of one of the best anatomy works of that time by J.B. Winslow (1669-1760) physician and anatomist of Danish origin. Copper engravings : 3 (of 4) folding pl. at the end of the last vol. by Simonneau after those of B. Eustachius. Cont ms. ownership notes "Caels" et "Huybrechts". Ref. Blake 492. Garrison & Morton 394 et 1314. (9 vol.)
Monumental commentary by the Dutch physician Gerard Van Swieten (1700-1772) on the famous aphorisms of Herman Boerhaave. Titles in red and black. Last vol. contains Boerhaave's "Libellus" and a laudatory speech on Van Swieten. Ref. Blake 441. Cp. Garrison & Morton 1970, n. 2200 (ed. 1742-1776). BnF. Joined : Winslow, J.B. - Exposition anatomique de la structure du corps humain. Paris, G. Desprez, J. Desessartz, 1732, 4 parts in 5 vol., 12mo, cont. calf (rubbed, bumped corners, worn), gilt spines on 5 raised bands, (déf.), lxxiv-502-[2-2 bl.], xxiii-[1 bl.]-632 (= 638)-[4], xi-[1 bl.]-426-[3-1 bl.], viii-349-[4-1 bl.], x-pp. 351/754-[13-1 bl.]-24 pp. (waterstains, title & 1 pl. of t. I missing, wormholes). 1st ed. in 12mo of one of the best anatomy works of that time by J.B. Winslow (1669-1760) physician and anatomist of Danish origin. Copper engravings : 3 (of 4) folding pl. at the end of the last vol. by Simonneau after those of B. Eustachius. Cont ms. ownership notes "Caels" et "Huybrechts". Ref. Blake 492. Garrison & Morton 394 et 1314. (9 vol.)
