Lot 1127
1127
ANATOMICAL ATLASES -- CANT, A. Impetus primi anatomici et illustratis cadaveribus nati, quos propriâ consignavit manu. Leiden, P. v.d. Aa, 1721. (6), 28 pp. W. 6 full-p. engr. plates which are bound in such a way that they can be consulted next to the text. Lge-fol. Cont. vellum. (Horizontal split in spine right above written title, some minor foxing/age-toning, outer right blank margin of first plate a bit soiled, but a very good & clean copy).
Arent Cant (1695-1723), a pupil of Frederik Ruysch, was a skilled anatomist and artist whose ambitious plan to publish a great anatomical work was prevented by his premature death at the age of 28. This is the only volume of Cant's projected anatomy, which he dedicated to H. Boerhaave. The six large folding plates, drawn by the author, illustrate the anatomy of the head, heart, stomach, shoulder and knee joints, thoracic duct, etc. Cant was one of the few early anatomists to make use of the "grid-reference" identification system devised by Eustachi, in which anatomical structures are located by means of numbered borders at the side and top of each plate; this method allows the anatomist to illustrate his figures without superimposed lettering or numbering. From the libraries of Joh(annes) Bon (1720-1802/03), graduated MD at Harderwijk in 1742, J. v.d. Hoeve and J. v.d. Hoeven, of the latter w. his bookplate. - Choulant-Frank p. 278; Lindeboom, Dutch Medical Biography, 325; Roberts & Tomlinson, p. 191.€ 700
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