Lot 1075
1075
ALBINUS, B.S. Historia musculorum hominis. Leyden, Th. Haak & H. Mulhovius, 1734. 696 pp. W. 8 engr. plates (4 in outline). 4°. Early 19th c. panelled cf. w. richly dec. gilt back & sides, black labels, inside dentelles, a.e.g. (Spine ends dam., spine torn & loosening, corners sl. worn, stamps on ti., some light foxing spots, else in good interior condition).
First edition of Albinus' very detailed verbal descriptions of all the muscles of the human body, with four excellent illustrations depicting the muscles of the hand, drawn and engraved by Jan Wandelaar. The plates show the hand life-size with all the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. - Choulant-Frank, p. 280; Heirs of Hippocrates 829; Norman 28; Wellcome II, p. 26. - Copy with handwritten prize on title to Pierre Auguste Beclard, dated 9 Nov. 1809.€ 300
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