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448 - PALFIJN, Jan Surgical Anatomy, or An Exact Description of the Parts of the Human Body [...]. New edition, completely revised, and expanded to include a new treatise on osteology. By A. Petit [...]. Enriched with a large number of intaglio engravings. Paris: Wid. Cavelier [= Madeleine Bobin] & Son, 1753. 2 vols., 8vo: lxxi-[1]-488, vi-538 pp.; 55 pl. (vol. 1: tear in pl. 5 & 28 along the fold line, large tear in pl. 6 affecting the engraving; vol. 2: some corner water stains on the first and last leaves). Contemporary marbled calf, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red edges (joints beginning to split, a few wormholes). Second, greatly expanded French edition of *Heelkundige ontleeding* (Leiden 1718) by the Flemish surgeon and obstetrician J. Palfijn (1650–1730), and expanded with a study on bones by the French anatomist A. Petit (1722–1794). Illustrated (complete) with 55 engraved plates (some of which fold out) by S. Antoine, L. Duflos, and J.B. Scotin depicting bones, skeletons, muscles, and organs. The work covers splanchnology, osteology, myology, angiology, and neurology. Ref. BB IV:632:P-88. - Blake 336. - Lindeboom 1495. - Not in Wellcome. Bound together, same format: Massé, Joseph Nicolas - Atlas complet d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. A work intended to supplement all treatises on descriptive anatomy. Brussels, F. Biénez, 1845. (Browning and water stains throughout). Contemporary half brown morocco (rubbed, tiny hole on the upper board, faded spine, damage to the tailcap, joint beginning to split). Revised, illustrated edition (complete) with 112 hand-colored lithographic plates printed on applied chine paper. (3 vols.)
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PALFIJN, Jan Surgical Anatomy, or An Exact Description of the Parts of the Human Body [...]. New edition, completely revised, and expanded to include a new treatise on osteology. By A. Petit [...]. Enriched with a large number of intaglio engravings. Paris: Wid. Cavelier [= Madeleine Bobin] & Son, 1753. 2 vols., 8vo: lxxi-[1]-488, vi-538 pp.; 55 pl. (vol. 1: tear in pl. 5 & 28 along the fold line, large tear in pl. 6 affecting the engraving; vol. 2: some corner water stains on the first and last leaves). Contemporary marbled calf, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red edges (joints beginning to split, a few wormholes). Second, greatly expanded French edition of *Heelkundige ontleeding* (Leiden 1718) by the Flemish surgeon and obstetrician J. Palfijn (1650–1730), and expanded with a study on bones by the French anatomist A. Petit (1722–1794). Illustrated (complete) with 55 engraved plates (some of which fold out) by S. Antoine, L. Duflos, and J.B. Scotin depicting bones, skeletons, muscles, and organs. The work covers splanchnology, osteology, myology, angiology, and neurology. Ref. BB IV:632:P-88. - Blake 336. - Lindeboom 1495. - Not in Wellcome. Bound together, same format: Massé, Joseph Nicolas - Atlas complet d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. A work intended to supplement all treatises on descriptive anatomy. Brussels, F. Biénez, 1845. (Browning and water stains throughout). Contemporary half brown morocco (rubbed, tiny hole on the upper board, faded spine, damage to the tailcap, joint beginning to split). Revised, illustrated edition (complete) with 112 hand-colored lithographic plates printed on applied chine paper. (3 vols.)
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