Lot 1120
1120
ANATOMICAL ATLASES -- ALBINUS, B.S. Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii, anatomici summi. Leiden, J. & H. Verbeek, 1761. (4), 295, (1) pp. W. engr. ti-vign. by Wandelaar & 89 anatomical engr. plates (counted as 47). Fol. Fine cont. marbled cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back, gilt coat of arms of Rotterdam on both sides, surrounded by gilt floral border, red mor. ti-label, blue marbled edges. (Corners bumped, paper a bit wrinkled in places).
Second edition (first 1744) of Eustachius famous "Tabulae anatomicae" given by the Dutch anatomist B. S. Albinus (1697-1770), a colleague of Boerhaave. Eustachi's anatomical tables, engraved in 1552, weren't published until 1714 by Lancisi. Albinus published this edition with his own commentaries and 46 additional numeral-keyed outline-plates. - Choulant-Frank, 202 (giving 1762? as year of publ.); Hirsch I, 72. Wellcome II, 26; Waller 337 (first ed.); cf. G-M 391; Spoelder 662 (Rott. 2). - With printed school prize to George Henry Wachter (1790-1864). - From the library of the famous Dutch physician J.A.J. Barge (1884-1952) and with his bookplate.€ 800
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